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Hi I have just seen my Oncologist today with the results of my recent scan. So it’s shown traces of ascites but the rest looks clear despite my ca125 continuing to rise, it was 105 last week. He has said it’s basically a monitor and see so will have...
hi my mum was told two days before Christmas that she had cancer and it was stage 3 and was she was too weak for them to take it out so went for cemo had one lot of cemo and then was in hospital for three months after they found liquid on the right lung...
Hey everyone, I’m new to this chat and have been reading all your posts and comments . It’s extremely humbling to be with such incredibly strong women and hope I can be half as strong as you all are xxx My story so far : Im 46 years old , have three...
Hi everyone. I had ovarian cancer last year and had a big op to remove my womb and ovaries and all the cancer he could find in all areas of my abdomen. It took me a long time to recover and then I had 5 rounds of chemo. My CA125 was down to 10 and I’ve...
Hi new to this, just had my biopsy last Tuesday then developed a clot in my lung. Waiting to see my consultant again to discuss which chemo to give me. Very scared how I will deal with treatment. Any advice on how to get through this. Thanks in advan...
Hi all, My mum is due to have surgery this week after 5 rounds of paclitaxel/carboplatin chemo, for stage 4b ovarian cancer. She’s been told they’re not sure exactly what they’ll do in the surgery until they start but from my reading I guess it will...
Hi I don't know who's around but i desperately need to talk .. I'm in good health and no symptoms at all ... random ultrasound found an ovarian cyst that looked very much benign in shape etc I've seen the gyne and she wanted it out but initially...
Hello. First time posting. Apologies for the lengthy post. My mum died from ovarian cancer in 2005 when she was 50 years old. As such, I’ve always been on high alert when it comes to cancer because of mum. My first scan was June last year. CA125 was...
Hi everyone, We’ve shared Della’s experience of being diagnosed with breast and ovarian cancer in this blog here . Come show your support by watching the video and reacting to the blog. We hope you will find hearing Della’s story helpful as our Community...
Hi, I was diagnosed 3 years ago with stage 1 in a cyst. The oncologist didn’t really think chemo was going to do thst much as it was that early. I’m a bit worried now as I see alot of people are having chemo with early stages. Ive had loads of problems...
