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Hi, I’m new here and trying to support my wonderful cousin who had radical surgery five weeks ago for stage 3 Ovarian Cancer. She was telling me today that she is continually tired and fatigued. She is 68 and was really fit and healthy before this happened...
Hi everyone. My mum has recently had primary debulking surgery 2 weeks ago. 1. How long did you experience diarrhoea for afterwards? 2. Her kidney function has dropped and may not be good enough for chemo. Has anyone had surgery but no chemo or been...
My story is very long and not pretty, but to keep it short, my cancer has returned and I have been told im to go on Gemcitabine and Cisplatin. The regime will be once a week for 2 weeks, 1 week off then repeated for 6 cycles. I didn't have an easy...
my mum has stage 3 ovarian cancer and is not a candidate for surgery. chemo worked amazingly to bring her ca125 from 800 to 35. She’s been on avastin for maintenance since 3 sept. Her CA125 has been creeping up slowly overtime and this week it’s doubled...
Hi All Can anyone recommend specialist hair products that you think helped with keeping your hair during chemo or perhaps made it grow back quicker? Thank you
Hi all So mum was diagnosed with ovarian cancer stage 3B. she’s had 3 rounds of chemo, her scan and the cancer has reduced by nearly half. They’ve suggested debulking surgery. mum has never been particularly keen on surgery, and is steering towards...
Hello ladies, I was diagnosed in 2024 with a small recurrence of ER+ breast cancer. The breast cancer surgeons were concerned about my incarcerated epigastric hernia, which looked very odd on CT, and referred me for a biopsy. It turns out to have ovarian...
Hi I am going to be having Paclitaxel Carboplatin & Bevacizumab and just wondering if anyone as had these together , I have read all the information That I have been given but I think the advice from someone that as been through this is a lot better....
Hi folks, I'm in that tricky place of waiting to see if I have cancer, and having lots of the terror, while not truly knowing. But also knowing enough about what's going on to know that things are not looking good for me. It's very difficult emotionally...
Hi , im 58 years old and 12 years I had a complex ovarian cyst removed and tube was none cancerous with being complex and over 5cm it promptly got removed, now years later now post menopause on my left side I have a heavy feeling, very bloated for the...
