Experiences with

Maintenance chemotherapy

Unfortunately I ran into some considerable mental health difficulties shortly after beginning my maintenance chemotherapy; which flew under the radar as I seemed to be compelled to make poor decisions, against the advice of everybody.

chemotherapy every 3 weeks and trying to be as positive as possible and make the most of each day despite everything that's happened to me.

Started Chemotherapy again after Avastin didn’t work as maintenance. Disappointing especially as Olaparib also didn’t work for me in 2023. After being mostly bald for the past two years (was told Caelyx wouldn’t lose my hair!).

Worried that I get the right maintenance in place otherwise I’ll be back on Chemotherapy again after another six months of growth! hoping for inspiration from you lovely ladies

I was dignosed with primary peritoneal carcinoma about 4 months ago, stage 3 C. Paclitaxel and Carboplatin proved too much for me and I ended up in hospital. Just on Carboplatin now and have my 5th chemo on Monday. My tumour markers have come down. Is this good news? Manetta

Got a battery of tests going on to understand why my immune system is not as good as our blog’s humor guy (starts with a J) In reviewing some of the ancient history I found that my PSA was 1.14 in January, 22. In late July, 22 I had a brain MRI but my legs blew up a week later to twice their size

In a patient who has taken carboplatin and it has not worked at all, does it make sense to try olaparib (lymparza) or is it better not to because if the platinum-based chemotherapy has failed, the parp inhibitor will surely fail too?

Hi Everyone, Firstly want to say thanks for all the responses to my last post regarding my husbands dreadful side effects of Doxcetaxel. Each reply was encouraging and informative. After 3 infusions with Doxcetaxel and horrendous side effects, my husbands psa has climbed to 900 which is alarming. The

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My husband has been on Nubeqa for 3 1/2 years now. His PSA is rising again, so MO has ordered another PSMA scan and also did a Guardant 360 liquid biopsy blood test, to hopefully find out what's going on. MO said if something shows up on his scan, he will probably start him on Olaparib (Lynparza) and

Hi, as my updated bio explains, I have recently been diagnosed with a complication of multiple myeloma called AL Amyloidosis. This is rare (60 cases per annum in the UK) and is where amyloids (a consequence of the abnormal plasma cells underlying the multiple myeloma) clump together and attach to organs

hey guys. just signed up to this form so i don't really know anything. don't even know where i'm writing to or if i'm making a new post, but that's ok for now. i'll probably get there:) apparently decided to have stage 4 liver cancer about 5-6 months ago. seems like a pretty good hospital, pretty

Hi. My father (84yr old) was diagnosed with prostrate cancer in 2011- he got radiation at that time and the cancer returned in 2018. Sinc ethen, he has gone through hormone therapy (Luperon, degarelyx, , Enzulatamide, Arbiterone , ) and the cancer is now Castrate/ Hormone resistant so we need to move

Hi. My father (84yr old) had prostate in 2011, got radiation at that time and came back again. In 2018. He has gone through hormone therapy (Luperon, degarelyx, , Enzulatamide, arbiterone , ) and the cancer is now Castrate/ hormone resistant so we need to move the treatment to the next stage. It is stage

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Since April my psa has started to rise with monthly results below; April 0.03 May 0.05 June 0.07 August 0.53 October 5.0 November 36 December 8.0 after 2 weeks of Bicalutamide. I had the following PET x 3 and MRI x 2 (full body) scans from 0.5 upwards. The first 2 PET scans and first MRI did

Started cancer journey in 2015 had chemo and radiotherapy 2018 had a double mastectomy in May 2024 ………recovered quite well but now reality has set in and I’m struggling to get through day to day tasks and work .

I have GCA since 2011 and have been on prednisone since then, 13 years. I am at 20 mg and have been for quite some time but need to get lower or off of pred if I can. The problem is, is that 5 doctors are trying to get me to take methotrexate to get off the prednisone. My question is: why can't I

I start docetaxel on Tuesday. It's been a terribly stressful week (my brother lost his home and everything in the Palisades fire and his family +3 dogs have been staying with us). I was hoping to start chemo relaxed and rested. Oh well! But everyone is safe, and that's what matters. So here's what I'm

Happy New Year Warriors… I’m looking for information and you are the best source of it. DC just finished his 18th chemo treatment; 9 Docetaxel and 9 Cabazitaxel. Anemia is just now rearing its ugly head. Had 1 unit of RBC transfusion last Friday. Is on Procrit 60k weekly. He had a brain met that