I was diagnosed with Cancer in March and although we knew it was Cancer its still a shock to be told it. I have had 2 chemo cycles now and have my 3rd at the end of the month. I would love to chat about the chemo side affects to anyone..
I am back online now It is awful having no internet.
Since I have been offline I see we have some more new ladies so hello and welcome. I hope you are all coping with your chemo.
I have settled in really quickly and am feeling happy, my partner is coming up to see me on Thursday as he is missing me, so who knows what the outcome will be but as you said John my health is more important than any relationship.
Will keep you all posted, hi Rose, Dot, Jackie, Sharon, and anyone I have forgot.
I went for an ultrasound yesterday and everything seems to be O.K. I am seeing my Consultant on Thursday and I am going to see if I can have my ovaries removed as a precaution, being overweight (I do try but it is difficult) and having had breast cancer twice gives me an 80% chance of contracting ovarian cancer and I want to minimise my risk, if I have my ovaries removed I go down to 1% which I can live with, I really don't want to face this terrible disease in the future if I can avoid the same. Hope everyone is doing O.K., love to you all x.
So pleased that the ultrasound went well. It sounds a bit drastic opting to have your ovaries removed, did a consultant give you those stats? I didn't realise that the risk was so high, if that's true I can understand why you would make that decision. Good luck for Thursday.
@Eileen - Welcome back! glad to hear you have settled in already, and that your partner is realising already that he made a BIG mistake! It's been a bit quiet around here, I hope everyone is ok.
Mary starts cycle 5 on Thursday, she is two thirds through now and still doing well. She started to get the numbness in her fingers and toes a couple of weeks ago, the oncology nurse said it's not an issue at the moment, the time to mention it is when she has trouble doing up buttons. Nasty carbo this week, I hope her arm doesn't get infected again. It seems to be going really quickly now, just hope she can hang in there through the last 2 cycles.
Glad the move went well and you are settling in.Take time out for you and get your strength back brfore making any more decisions,you have been through so much and handled it well.Lots of rest and walks in the sunshine.
Cycle 5a today (so only 5 weeks of treatment left). It's been a long day at the hospital, 9am till 7pm!!! But the good news is that her CA-125 levels had fallen again from 48 to 39, so the dose-dense chemo is clearly working.
Good to hear about the ca125 levels John. In Jan last year mine were over 4000 pre-chemo then after treatment and op went really down - in November they were 28. Unfortunately went back up to 175 in Feb this year then to 250 (I seem to be very sensitive to this test) but down to 99 after the first chemo. I've just had 3rd chemo so praying that its reduced further. The levels seem to be very different for everyone.
Hope everyone on treatment is coping well, felt pretty rough the last few days myself but think I'm over the worst for this cycle.
Is anyone out there on the ICON 6 trial Cediranib? It would be good to hear from you if you are.
