Anyone have statistics on advantages/disadvanta... - My Ovacome
Anyone have statistics on advantages/disadvantages of getting Avastin every 3 weeks for 1.5 yrs+ Thanks, desertpirate
I'm also interested to know about the long term use of Avastin as I've just been put on it every 3 weeks for a year.
Liz X
H... If you look back on "Spanishannie's"post... she was on Avastin for a very long time... Hope this helps...you can look her up in the directory... Best wishes
Love x G x
Thank you Gwyn,
I will look her up right now. Thanks for responding to my post
Desertpirate
Hi, I am here to try and answer your question. I have put a long blog on describing why I have been away from the site since April.
Avastin has been my life saver, I truly know that. I was put on trials here in Spain with Avastin and a very old tablet, daily, for ovarian cancer called Cyclophosmide.. The combination of these two shrunk all my tumours by over half (and I have many). I am stage 5 and now into my 6th year of survival. I was on the drug, I think, for about 3 years. It doesn't harden the veins like normal chemo does, the only real bad side effects I had were from the Cyclophosmide.
Avastin isn't like normal chemo, it actually cuts the blood supply off to the tumours, not 100% though. I was the healthiest I have ever felt on the drug.
At the moment I wish I could go back on it, but having problems with lesions from the cancer surgery means if I need emergency surgery it would be impossible, as you have to be off the Avastin for 6 weeks before they can operate. Also you CAN NOT go to the dentist, not even the hygeniest.
Hope this has answered some of your questions.
Anna x
