Hi,

I need to rant. My mother in law began feeling poorly in April. She developed ascites and after much messing about and wrong guess working diagnoses, she finally got told it was ovarian cancer that started in the peritoneal area and spread to the ovary. Chemo, 3 sepsis, pneumonia and a failed 6 hour surgery later and she is 5 stone lighter and vacant, since this started she has had no good days, days where she felt able to do things. She was very very active before the ascities. She has very low white blood cells. She's on 1/3 dose chemo and if she gets a bit better, theyll start her on avistan. I cant see that happening since her white blood cells are remaining so low, she keeps getting infection from something somewhere.

I'm ranting because we don't know what's next.

No surgery as she was all sticky inside? Inoperable 

Full dose chemo didnt work

Low dose is still making her floored, hospitalized.

Avistan sounds horrific and shes not able to have it yet.

We know it's around the bowel, ovary, pelvis, peritoneal area and bottom of the stomach. Last full scan was Sept though.

Does anyone have any insight on time, avistan and ovarian cancer?

In March she was fit, healthy and working full time. Now, frail, extremely tired, vacant, thin, so poorly and in pain.

Horrid horrid cruel disease :(