Hi
(sorry if my sharing turns out to be long)
Im new to this forum and i have read what you share here and i hope you are feeling much better now... I also hope you can give me some advise, if it is not too much to ask
My mum was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer in 2012, she had her uterus and ovaries removed and had 6 sessions of Taxol/Carboplatin chemotherapy and Thank God she got cured.
Unfortunately in October 2017, the Ovarian Cancer came back and was much more aggressive and spread all over, she resumed the carboplatin/taxol chemotherapy and added to that was Avastin.. she then had a very bad reaction to carboplatin on the second chemotherapy cycle and the doctor stopped it and continued the remaining 4 only taxol and avastin, and thankfully she had her CA125 drop to 5.3 and then up to 12.3 and is now stable.
After the 6th chemo cycle, the doctor said we should continue a year solely of Avastin as a maintenance drug, but unfortunately after two time of Avastin she had a rash and a lot of scratching.
However, my Mum underwent a CT scan and it showed that there is no change since her first CT scan in January 2018, she has a tiny cyst on the liver, cyst on the left kidney, mild acititis, peritoneal nodules representing carcinosis, and the doctor said he would continue with either Gemzar or Caelyx but with a 3 month rest before continuing. We do not know what to use since everyone experience with each is different.
Does anyone know/had such an experience before?
I apologise for the long post, but it is so frustrating to go through this again and i cant start wondering how my mother feels!! she is determined and motivated to push through all of this..
Wishing you all the best.