Experiences with

Avastin

Now I'm ongoing treatment with Avastin. As you know Avastin has one side effect that is high blood pressure, which I am experiencing. I have never had high blood pressure in my entire life, but now must go on Amlodipine Besylate 5 mg for it.

How are people doing who take Avastin?

One of the options for treatment we have been asked to consider is Lomustine chemo in conjunction with Avastin. Avastin side effects for someone in my wife's age range look pretty horrendous.

I called my Retina Specialist today and he said that Avastin would not do that. I am not on any drugs and I can’t see any reason that this would happen. Has anyone else had a similar situation?

Hi All, I wondered if anyone is taking Oliparib, 600mg a day and also having 3 weekly infusions of Avastin? I started on the Avastin on the 2nd cycle of 6 cycles of carboplatin and paclitaxol. Having finished that regime I have now started on the maintenance treatment.

I am having avastin at the moment. My appointment was at 11 o’clock and the avastin is only half an hour . But there was confusion as to how much avastin I was having. One nurse thought they doubled the dose so I only come in every six weeks.

I wanted to ask if anyone has had avastin and when it ended did anyone relapse straight away? Love and hugs to you all Sheenagh x

I am on olaparib and had a short course of avastin. Has anyone else had this?

I was given Avastin with 4th and 5th Carbotaxol chemo. Since then I have had a runny nose, blood in the mucus and occasional nose bleeds. My oncologist was not too concerned. No Avastin on my 6 th chemotherapy as I am now waiting for for debulking surgery on 9th February.

She has only had her first cycle of taxol + biweekly avastin and her CA-125 has risen from 25 to 31.5. She had her port fitted 2 days back. Could that be causing the CA-125 to rise?

Or if you have had avastin on its own do you mind letting me know how you tolerated it? I kow we are all different but it may help me to make a decision. Thank you! xx

Hello and Happy New year to all I was wondering if any of you lovely ladies have been given oral cytoxan pills 50mg. daily in conjunction with Avastin as a maintenance after Carbo/Taxol for high grade serous ovarian cancer. I stopped chemo in September and have only been taking Avastin.

Been on avastin and lynparza maintenance PARP inhibitors, since June 2021.

I have done Carbo/Taxol, Avastin, Carbo/Caelyx, Rubrac a and now Anastrazole. I have a scan coming up, but lately can feel the cancer spreading and am resorting to pain killers.

I’ve had 6 rounds of chemo and am now on three weekly Avastin and daily Olaparib. I read lots of success stories but you all seem to have had debulking surgery. Is there anyone out there like me? X

Unable to go back on the original chemo, so I’m doing Gemzar/ Carbo and Avastin the first day. Eight days later i get just the Gemzar. The hope is to go back into remission again. Has anyone used this combination of chemo before

I had 4 rounds of carbo/taxol and avastin and the ca125 was beginning to go down (128). All looked good after debulking surgery but now after round 5 and 6 the ca125 was at 424 and then 404. Any ideas?

So I've done 4 cycles of Gemzar, carboplatin, avastin. After 3rd cycle Ca125 went down from 744 to 92, 💪🙏 almost the value I had on October 2021, when it first raised, Yesterday, I did my 4th round few side effects overall, working, hanging out, normal life 🥰, tired some days after chemo.

So I've done 4 cicles of Gemzar, carboplatin, avastin. After 3rd cicle Ca125 went down from 744 to 92, 💪🙏 almost the value I had on October 2021, when it first raised, Yesterday I did my 4th cicle, few side effects overall, working, hanging out, normal life 🥰, tired some days after chemo.

The Avastin and cytoxan doesn't seem to be working. I go for another cat scan next week to see what's going on. My CA 125 keeps rising and I'm starting to feel bloated and achy. I don't know what's next. It's always a wait and see. Cher 96 (joan)