Hello,

Just completed 3 rounds of chemo for Primary peritoneal cancer. Like you, I had no idea what chemo would be lik/ how it would affect my body.

For me, I think the first round was the worst as the effects came and went,every day there was something new and I didn't know what to expect or how to cope..

I had a skin rash/ vaginal candida, felt completly worn out on some days, had awful long leg bone pain, which really was the worst symptom. lasting 4 days,felt as if i could not put one leg in front of the other. Nausea, luckily no vomitting. I treated the first round of chemo as the experiment round.

I contacted my oncology nurse and we talked about the symptoms and how I could improve them.

The second and third rounds produced similar symptoms, but I was much more aware of how i could control them to make it more of a positive experience and less stressful.  You must carry on.

My message to you is to go forth with the chemo - I have had a tremendous response to it and am now booked for major surgery next week to remove the cancer (the size of a large grapefruit) and it has shrunk rapidly.

I have already been advised that I will have 3 further rounds of chemo once I am post surgery..Iv'e got my supplies in for that.

I realised very early on, that dealing/ coping with cancer treatments is half symptoms/ half positive attitude and determination to get through it. It's a HUGE shock when you are told a diagnosis of cancer-hits you like a bulldoser delivering a blow to the gut.  Treaing my cancer like an enemy - I'm at war with it....

Be determined and carry-on OWL58 - wishing you all the best.

Hello,

Just completed 3 rounds of chemo for Primary peritoneal cancer. Like you, I had no idea what chemo would be lik/ how it would affect my body.

For me, I think the first round was the worst as the effects came and went,every day there was something new and I didn't know what to expect or how to cope..

I had a skin rash/ vaginal candida, felt completly worn out on some days, had awful long leg bone pain, which really was the worst symptom. lasting 4 days,felt as if i could not put one leg in front of the other. Nausea, luckily no vomitting. I treated the first round of chemo as the experiment round.

I contacted my oncology nurse and we talked about the symptoms and how I could improve them.

The second and third rounds produced similar symptoms, but I was much more aware of how i could control them to make it more of a positive experience and less stressful.  You must carry on.

My message to you is to go forth with the chemo - I have had a tremendous response to it and am now booked for major surgery next week to remove the cancer (the size of a large grapefruit) and it has shrunk rapidly.

I have already been advised that I will have 3 further rounds of chemo once I am post surgery..Iv'e got my supplies in for that.

I realised very early on, that dealing/ coping with cancer treatments is half symptoms/ half positive attitude and determination to get through it. It's a HUGE shock when you are told a diagnosis of cancer-hits you like a bulldoser delivering a blow to the gut.  Treaing my cancer like an enemy - I'm at war with it....

Be determined and carry-on OWL58 - wishing you all the best.