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Hi, I have just joined this group. I have just found out that my oc has come back for the 6th time. Previously my emotions have been fine, but today I feel all over the place. Interested to find out other people's experiences
I had an operation to remove a 22cm mass coming from my left ovary and a full hysterectomy on 24th march, I get the biopsy results next Thursday. I am a single mum of a 22 year old and a 13 year old. I lost my mum in 2019 to pancreatic cancer and my Nan...
Hi. In February 2021 I had a full hysterectomy following discover of a mass in my stomach. This was a 6cm ovarian tumour. I was diagnosed as Stage 1A cancer. Clear cell/ aggressive. I was advised that the tumour had been removed intact. 6 session of chemotherapy...
Hello everyone. I had debulking surgery 13/02 due to my CA125 level reaching almost 3,000 and recovering really well. My surgeon's are confident that they have removed 99% of my cancer and that the chemo session's are for any remaining cells that could...
Hi. I was diagnosed with Stage 3C ovarian cancer in January 2023. Have had 3 cycles of chemo and, because of strike action by various medical professionals and an extra Bank Holiday in the UK, the debulking surgery I was due to have end of April/beginning...
Hi, I feel like such a fraud being here. I have not had a diagnosis yet buy having a scan tomorrow to check for ovarian cancer. I can't stop panicking. Its causing constant diarrhoea and heaving. I feel cold and like I'm in a constant panic attack....
Hi ladies just to let you know how I got on yesterday with my first session. Boy what a long day it was, almost 9 hrs because the pharmacy where 3hrs late in sending up my chemotherapy. Anyway all in all im absolutely fine! Had no reactions or sickness...
Hi my daughter has now completed 4 chemo sessions and is waiting for a date for her debulking operation .(stage 4).this waiting is horrible as I'm sure you all know. But what I'm really afraid of is that they will find something unexpected and not continue...
Hi. I was diagnosed last February with stage 4b ovarian cancer with a ca125 level of 1751!! . Had six rounds of chemo and debunking surgery and then started Olaparib and three weekly infusions of Bevacizumab. Since being diagnosed my ca125 dropped every...
Hi all, I was diagnosed with high grade serous ovarian cancer 2b last may. Had total hysterectomy, no sign of disease then 6 month preventative chemo and given the all clear. Had CT scan last month too for a pain in my side, all clear. When to see my...
