Experiences with

Oral chemotherapy

Hello, I have high grade serous OC 3c and i'm on my second round of chemo. My symptoms started at the beginning of April and was diagnosed with cancer in mid-May. By then I had started to develop muscular pains in my body, which have intensified. The second week after my first chemo I developed sciatica

Hello All NICE are undertaking a Cancer Drugs Fund guidance review for olaparib. The name of the NICE consultation is: Olaparib for maintenance treatment of BRCA-mutated ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer after response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy (Review of TA598) ID6191

Hi, my mum (early 60s) has been diagnosed with glioblastoma on her right side of her brain spreading to her corpus callosum. Surgery was considered too risky so we choose radiotherapy and chemo. However, the oncologist is now saying he thinks radiotherapy will do more harm than good. Her mobility

My husband has just completed his 3rd cycle of Carboplatin and Etoposide for prostate cancer liver mets. Before the first cycle his CEA was 38 (should be <5) This number is being used as baseline. After 1st cycle it was 30.3 but after his 2nd cycle it rose to 32.7. Is it normal for CEA to fluctuate

Only 3 months after completing 6 rounds of Docetaxel my husband was put on Abi as his onco felt the chemo had been unsuccessful. However the onco is now saying he will pull him off the Abi as his PSA has doubled for the each of the 2 months he’s been on it. In the UK once you’ve been on Abi for 3 months

HiOn a high level of tabletted furosemide. Deep joy. Off and on my potassium has been low and is topped up by fizzy tablets and has always worked so far. The problem is the symptoms are quite similar to low bp and...heart failure...and beta blockers...so I tend to struggle on and this time it's 2.9 and

I was due to have a polyp removed on the day of surgery (4 Jan) I attended for day surgery but the anaesthetist wasn't happy that I had only been diagnosed with angina by my GP. My GP had referred me to cardiology around the middle of 2022, but due to long waiting lists I had not seen a cardiologist

Found this on the South Wales Police Facebook page, of all places. Describes our illness so well… #HumansOfSWP | 💬 "I suffer with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which is an autoimmune and inflammatory disease. In basic terms it means my immune system attacks healthy cells in my body by mistake, causing

Dear Women of strength I’m writing this post in case others may find my experience useful in the future. I was diagnosed 3C HGSOC in Nov 2021,(fit aged 57) followed with Carbo/paclitaxol and debulking surgery for 6 months until NED summer 2022. Had good summer then back at work teaching on Niraparib

Hello guys! I wanted to give a little update on my dad. He was diagnosed stage four prostate cancer in June 2015, with a PSA of 257 and a single lymph node involved. His prostate was so enlarged at the time that he had to have double nephrostomy bags. He started hormone therapy and chemo immediately

My Dad is 73 years old and is currently under generic Zytiga medication for a month now. His latest PSA a week ago was about 9000 and he is experiencing bone pain, nausea and vomiting. He also cannot eat anything and losing weight. His hemoglobin is also low (68) ang got a blood transfusion last week

Scientists at a leading US hospital have developed a “cancer-killing pill” that kills solid tumours through “targeted chemotherapy.” Likened to a “snowstorm that closes a key airline hub, shutting down all flights in and out only in planes carrying cancer cells”, the protein was developed by a research

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/city-of-hope-scientists-develop-targeted-chemotherapy-able-to-kill-all-solid-tumors-in-preclinical-research-301888576.html

As you all know I have Bladder Cancer among my long standing ailments. The cancer is aggressive but not spread yet as far as I know.. It is Cancer in site - None muscle invasive but the cancer can become invasive. I have been on BCG Treatment - The last was a 6 week course direct into my bladder

Wow i currently have neuropathy in both of my feet when i asked about this with my oncologist i was informed oh it will go away on its own. its a side effect of the chemotherapy i had 1st it was the hands which was pretty bad fingernails turned black and blue and hands were numb all the time. went

Hi At age 32 I had a triple negative tumour removed (lumpectomy) followed by chemo and radiotherapy. Fast forward 31 years I have just had a mastectomy after I had an oestrogen positive tumour. No chemo needed-phew! The op was 3 weeks ago & I still have a large haematoma that has already been drained

Has anyone been told they can't have biological medicine after radiation and chemo?

I had 14 docetaxel treatments a little over a year ago with no neuropathy. Approximately two months after completing these 14 treatments, I began to have peripheral neuropathy in my fingertips and a small amount in my toes. The neuropathy is worse at night and has continued (at about the same severity

Hi everyone I was diagnosed with Ductal Invasive BC on the 11th July 2023. The lump was spotted on a CT scan which I had on the 5th June this year for an unrelated matter. I was lucky that it was picked up. I was referred to the Breast clinic for a mammogram on the 20th June which resulted in several

In case it's helpful, I've written up the questions we asked our medical oncologist this week and posted them in my bio. The upshot of it - my husband will get a PET PSMA scan in August, after which we'll chart a course for what comes next. We're eager to see what if any results occurred from the Ra223