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Hi everyone, Just curious, did anyone take vitamins such D or B12 or even Omega 3 fish oil while doing the conventional chemo treatments? thanks

Never quite sure whether this kind of post is cheering or just annoying, but, hey, it might cheer someone up and the rest can move swiftly on. In March 2014 I...

Dear ladies, Hope you are at good place. I had just my second chemo of Caelyx & Carbo and I suffer from stomach issues almost whole time. Is day 8 and is...

Dear ladies, I have received my final biopsy results. I am stage 3b as they found oc in omentum and small bowel mesentery. Quite shocking since they had...

hi everyone, I was diagnosed with stage 4b ovarian cancer in 2020. I underwent surgery had chemo paclitaxel and carboplatin. I commenced on olaparib for two...

Hi I’m a 49 year old mum to 4 kids 19 and under. I have suffered from stomach pains for years and recently it’s been getting a lot worse especially the...

Hi All A few of us from this community forum have recently decided to meet as a Book Club in order to read and learn together about cancer, ovarian cancer,...

Dear friends at Ovacome, I recently received the challenging news that my mother has stage 3c/4 HGSC. We have had our first chemo session last week, and for...

Hi lovely ladies. Just a quick question. Have any of you had trouble with incontinence and is it part of things we have to put up with after having surgery?...

has anyone gone through a recurrence, with no symptoms but scan showing a few spots around abdomen like liver, bowel (a second line of treatment).. If so was...

Good morning So, my gynae team confirmed numerous growing lung lesions and have referred me to UCLH for a second opinion on treatment & possible clear cell...

I’m wondering how much hair loss people have had on Caelyx? The nurse thinks I probably don’t need scalp cooling. I’ve been on carboplatin and paclitexal for...

Hi All Four months ago, I was diagnosed with advanced Ovarian Cancer. I have had surgery and am now in the middle of chemotherapy. I did not know anything...

Hello this is a bit of a long post, so thank you for reading it. On the 13th March 2018 I was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer. I later found out that it was...

Hello ladies I am 5 weeks since bowel obstruction surgery and doing well. I ended up in A & E again earlier this week with chest pain on my right side & right...

Could You answer, Ladies, how high (or mayby low) was Your ca-125 level just after surgery and before chemo. And was it problem for oncologist?

Hi everyone I'm Sunitha, was diagnosed with 3b epithelial high grade ovarian cancer in Nov last; been through debulking and six rounds of chemo; on follow up...

Hi there. At my Pilates class this morning, a lady told me that This Morning had done a piece on abdominal surgery and how this can have a longterm effect on...

Hello everyone. Just wondering if anyone has had the combination of carboplatin and Caelyx for recurrence? I had review following scan this week and was told...

hi I am back having chemo, red devil two days not feeling good. My sister has bought me local honey, but the seller said not for babies, we asked about chemo...

Hello ladies, I tried to have my first chemo session yesterday with no luck - had pretty bad allergic reaction to taxol immediately after starting...

Any advice ladys just been prescribed niraparib

Hello, my mum has been having Avastin self funded for approx 21 months now. It does seem to be working as everything has remained stable throughout this...

I was wondering if there are any other Stage3 ovarian cancer survivors who never had elevated CA125 levels in spite of advanced disease? My tumor markers...

After being on Olaparib for 2 years it’s back. I have had very low CA125 and a clear scan in June. Last week bloods went crazy and was asked in for a scan....

Hi everyone, Has anyone besides StyleK delayed chemo/surgery even though there are evidence of recurrence on CT scans and CA125 rising but no symptoms....

Hello I’ve read on here about self funding for Avastin. Can I ask how you go about this? Is it through your NHS Consultant? Thanks for any help xx

I had a full hysterectomy and debulking surgery last Thursday, so 5 days ago. I have a large incision from about 8 cm above my tummy button to my knicker line....

Hi Ladies I’ve had good news from my July scan report. All new growth from recurrence is NED, good partial remission 😊 I had 6 cycles of Caelyx/Carbo...

Since finishing chemo a year ago for stage 3 OC my CA125 has remained stable at between 6 and 9. I’ve just found out that it has increased to 23 from 6 a month...