I am from St. Lucia and I moved across to the UK to be with my husband who is in the British army and I've been here from February. In July his mom started complaining about pain in the umbilical area after weeks of being treated for acid reflux and 1 mis read CT and ultrasound later we found out that it was ovarian cancer. An immediate hysterectomy was scheduled and this confirmed that there was a tumour in the Fallopian tube and she would need chemotherapy and a second surgical attempt followed by repeat chemotherapy sessions. My husband and I left immediately after hearing the news. When we got to St Lucia we scheduled an appointment with surgeon as there was still so much we did not understand. We had hoped that she would have been able to return to the uk with us although financially we had no idea how this would be possible since she would not be covered by the NHS. Surgeon informed us that it was stage 3?and that she wasn't fit to fly. The ascites is making her so uncomfortable and we were all up last at 3 in the morning because she couldn't stop throwing up. How do others with ascites sleep? Any advice? Currently she sleeps on her back. We were told that nothing can be done about the ascites till she starts chemo but we have to wait 4 weeks for that to start because she is currently recovering from her previous surgery. Feel so helpless.