Experiences with

Maintenance chemotherapy

So I've been told you stay on maintenance chemotherapy until "C" rears its ugly head again so 🤞. I have noticed the weight gain face also red but no other side effects as yet.

When the infection clears they may consider chemotherapy maintenance so we await my new path. But good news for the moment. I feel guilty writing about good news here because there isn't always enough if it on here.

Lesley tells me about her surgery, chemotherapy and her Hormone Blocker maintenance treatment. In this episode, Lesley talks about significant bereavements that happened during her treatment which were very difficult to discuss because they are still so raw.

Hi Ladies-- I haven't written in a while but it's been hectic. I am on cancer #6 now starting in 2007. My last scan in January showed my ovarian cancer is now metastatic to 2 lymph nodes now. This cancer is different for obvious reasons. I had been on niraparib for 3 years and it was working until

Hi Ladies-- I haven't written in a while but it's been hectic. I am on cancer #6 now starting in 2007. My last scan in January showed my ovarian cancer is now metastatic to 2 lymph nodes now. This cancer is different for obvious reasons. I had been on niraparib for 3 years and it was working until it

Results of first blood test since recurrance are good need magnesium infusion which I needed right through last time but my CA125 has come down from just under 600 to 450 so pleased and go into 2nd chemo on friday xx

Hi All, I am stage IV serous ovarian cancer with spread to lymph nodes in my neck and chest, diagnosed in April 2021. I am 75. My onc said neck and chest were inoperable so no point in going through abdominal surgery because of recovery time and quality of life prospects. She gave me two to three years

Hi All, I hope your journeys will be easy this week. I had my every-six-months CT scan a couple of weeks ago. The results were pretty good, but there seems to be some development in and about my liver. At my appointment this morning, the oncologist reported that he is switching me off the hormonal

After nearly a year of very limited mobility, pre and post chemo, I’ve been trying to regain some strength and stamina by gradually walking more and spending more time up and about while in and around the home. Initially needed to get some PT for knees, but recently am experiencing some swelling in the

Hi everyone, I’m hoping I may find someone on here in/been in a similar situation as me as I am unsure what to do because the type of cancer I have is rare and there is not a lot of research to show it helps having chemotherapy. I have Mucinous and the doctors have offered chemo but said they can’t say

I have just been diagnosed with colon cancer and am due for chemotherapy very soon. Having struggled with keeping my thyroid levels correct for many years, I wondered if anyone had any advice for me on what to eat, how to manage while undergoing chemotherapy, If this should be posted on another forum

Private total hysterectomy

As most here know, Immunotherapies have not so far proven to be especially effective in PCa. Here is info on a new viral agent that, while not targeting PCa specifically, is starting clinical trials focused on [i]"Metastatic or Advanced Solid Tumours (MAST)"[/i]. With 100 participants, it will hopefully

What is the post treatment survival stats (recurrence free or otherwise) for 1) surgery first and chemo later vs 2) chemo first followed by surgery followed by more chemo ("sandwich therapy"). Thank you.

My PSA =15 naïve ADT. Had RP, and RT. 5 lymph node locations 3 in pelvic 1 in chest 1 in clavicle. Ive read the trial results but they don’t include ADT+darolutamide with docetaxel. Im 64 and healthy with no symptoms. I was thinking in lieu of chemo, I could include a 5aReductase inhibitor RAD-140

Hi, does anyone have stage 3 multiple myeloma? My 83 year old FIL has had this for about 3 months. Taking Chemo and now having to have some radiation. He’s had 3 cracked vertebrae’s and know a lesion on his right 11th rib. He’s lost 40 pounds and weight 119 and is 5’9”. We’re just so worried about

Hello, My father's PSA value was 24 in February 2022. According to the biopsy results, 8 of 13 foci had a Gleason score of 10. Ga-68 PSMA PET scan revealed metastatic prostate cancer. There was no spread in his bones. Her chemotherapy started in February 2022 and ends in June. He also gets a Zoladex

Hi, I was diagnosed end of Feb 22 with Stage 3 prostate by my family doctor. Flurry of test has shown Gleason 9, stage 4 with extensive metastatic. Initial PSA was 835, followed by 940. Then began lupron in March and PSA went to 117 and last week is now 18. Oncologist concerned and suggested the triple

I find myself as a fairly new survivor trying to find the new normal kind of like "Humpty Dumpty" that fell off the wall I'm rather proud of myself finding inner strength getting back to my exercise regime and trying to move forward in the shadow of this journey but at times feel like an island regarding

Good Morning All , 5 yrs ago Dx , 4+3 , John hopkins knocked it down to 3+4 . I had SBRT to the prostate , 5 sessions . My nadir was .83 a year later but my PSA was hovering in the 1s for 4 yrs . Then last Dec. it went to 4 . Went to V.A. for Pylarify scan that found 1 node in pelvic area , oligometatastic