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..
Hello everybody, may I join you and introduce myself? I opened a new thread on this subject the other day in the "introduce yourself" section, but I really wanted to get onto this site. I am 67 yo and live in Essex, UK and have recently been diagnosed as having tumours on both ovaries, plus some areas on the omentum and outer bowel. However, my hospital MDT wants to ascertain whether my ovaries are the primary site or secondary to breast ca I had 15 years ago before planning my treatment, so I've just had a biopsy and await results on 22nd Feb. I found your site about a month ago and was both heartened by all your posts, and at the same time scared - not of the treatment particularly but the outcome. Some days I feel that I won't get through this, other days I think "No, you won't get me, you (expletive deleted!)"
The last post on your site was 28th Dec, I have been checking, so I hope you are all getting along OK
Jackie, thanks, but I don't think there has been any confusion as I have to take my steroids 12 hours and 6 hours PRE chemo, not after. The domperidone is 2 tabs 3 times a day for 5 days.
However, as I said, will do as you say and take when I get home next time.
Today I've had awful stomach cramps, so I'm seeing it in my mind's eye as the treatment battling it out with tumours!
My cousin's daughter is a gynae onc nurse specialist - I just found out the other day when I told them my news, so how lucky am I to have her at the other end of a text or e-mail? She reminded me this morning that stomach cramps are quite a common after effect - not that that stops them being so incapacitating!
Haze isn't it amazing how different the same treatments are! on the carbo/tax I took steroids for 3 days following chemo, on my present carco/dox I take the day before, day of and day after chemo! My Domperidone is one or two tabs up to four times a day! never had stomach cramps before but have had for the last few weeks i do find that peppermint caps help, though not all the time lol good news that you have a personal onc/gyn nurse to clear things up for you, the more reassurance given the better we feel!
Thanks Ladies, we had a nice evening and also managed a couple of dances. There was a professional photographer there so I took the opportunity of having a family photograph taken - Mary and I with our three children plus one girlfriend and one boyfriend, lovely picture! Left at about 11.15, so not bad really.
Lovely day today, we had our lunch in the garden then watched the second half of the Rugby. Mary not feeling great, but a lot better than she was last week.
I hope everyone is ok, it's very quiet on here today.
Hello, John, so pleased you had a good evening. Sorry I've not been on much, still feeling quite rough from 1st chemo - nausea and very bad stomach cramps. Better soon, I hope!
yes we got the photo on the night and it is really nice, I'm tempted to scan it and put in my profile.
Hazel,
Sorry to hear you're still having problems, hopefully the next lot of chemo may help. No need to apologize for not posting, everyone understands how you feel.
Have scanned and uploaded the family pic, and it's been approved. Our two boys are far left and right, our daughter is next to me. Our youngest insisted on wearing his Mum's Daffodil pin, so I wore mine too even though we were supporting a different charity.
Good luck tomorrow, will keep my fingers crossed for the 29th, all the waiting makes it worse.
I'm still feeling a bit rough, but I just had to send a quick message to say what a super, happy photo! One to treasure, and Mary looks really lovely - well you all look good really, but Mary particularly so given what she's going through.
Not sure what I have missed or what I have told you as I have been so poorly again. My sickness has at last eased off and that is such a releif. I am still having the bowel trouble and I can't do anything while I am like this. Everytime I move I have to run to the loo and a watery clear jelly comes out. I have been taking my laxatives but they are giving me stomach cramps so have stopped them and will carry on with the prunes ect.. If it's not one thing it's another.
I will try and catch up with blog today. I think Hazel, Jackie, Mary are all having chemo ??? Sharon I think you are going for scan or results. ? Laura, Dot, I think are ok..... Anyway glad to be back on site and feeling so much better.... It is funny how ill and low we can get and the bounce back....
Not sure what I have missed or what I have told you as I have been so poorly again. My sickness has at last eased off and that is such a releif. I am still having the bowel trouble and I can't do anything while I am like this. Everytime I move I have to run to the loo and a watery clear jelly comes out. I have been taking my laxatives but they are giving me stomach cramps so have stopped them and will carry on with the prunes ect.. If it's not one thing it's another.
I will try and catch up with blog today. I think Hazel, Jackie, Mary are all having chemo ??? Sharon I think you are going for scan or results. ? Laura, Dot, I think are ok..... Anyway glad to be back on site and feeling so much better.... It is funny how ill and low we can get and the bounce back....
Eileen, I'm so pleased to see you back, have been thinking of you a lot. Sorry you have to go through all this each week, I feel ill enough and I've only had one so far - I'm already sick of stomach pain and feeling sick, so gawd knows how you and the others must feel!
Jackie, thanks, hope you're getting through yours from Fri OK?
