Hello, thanks for letting me join. I hope some of you can let me know if you've had any similar experiences to us!

My MiL was diagnosed with bilateral ovarian cancer in June 2020. She was initially told her treatment would be "three doses of chemo, surgery, three more doses of chemo" but ended up being about 12 doses of chemo as we were told the local hospital couldn't do the op at that time because of Covid, and that they would 'ask' another local cancer hospital if they would do the op. The other hospital looked at one of her scans in September and said they wouldn't do the op, based on the scan. Her MDT at her regular hospital then had a meeting and decided that based on recent scans, they have decided they won't do the op at all.

We are extremely concerned about this decision, especially as it seems like they would have done one earlier on if it wasn't for Covid, and because her oncologist said the decision was 'heated' at the meeting which suggests some of those present thought the op should happen?

It's not been a few weeks since the last chemo and the ascites is back quite badly, she's gone in for a drain today. Her oncologist told her over Christmas that he is surprised the ascites has returned so fast, as in the last scan after the last chemo in November, it was all gone.

Should we try and get a second opinion about the operation, or is that just wishful thinking?