What has your ovarian cancer treatment been like?

@Michael_B I have my surgery this month and then I will possibly have to have chemo afterwards depending on how it goes. I'm interested to hear from others about surgery and recovery. xx

Hini had a full hysterectomy on the 13th feb this year...now got to have chemotherapy I have been told I am stage 3c but dont start my chemotherapy till next week ..been told I will loss my hair so having it all off on Thursday..I am not looking forward to any of it regards sue.

The first few days after surgery were the worst not helped by the fact it was when the heat wave was on last summer and coping with this as well was hard. I had trapped wind which was painful and often happens after surgery and some sickness. But after 3 days things started to improve.its to be expected as surgery  is a major  assault  on your body! I then had 6 sessions of chemo which finished just before Christmas.  Unfortunately  my blood levels were low,I felt very tired and lethargic, so l had a blood transfusion. My main problem following all this has been the peripheral  neuropathy  in my feet caused by the chemo. It  drives me mad some nights with tingling  and numbness. My legs ache and when walking I dont feel as if I'm  getting  any traction with the ground and I can't  go as fast as I want to.i try to walk every day to build up my strength  and I swim .i have been told it could take 18months for this to improve. Otherwise i feel good and positive. I try not to think too much about what has happened but to move forward. My husband has Alzheimer's  so that is more of a worry to me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello everyone, 

How are you today? 

How are you managing your ovarian cancer treatment in this post-lockdown period? Were your appointments and treatments postponed during lockdown? Have you been able to reschedule them? How are you feeling now?
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Take care,
Courtney

@Courtney_J My surgery ended up getting delayed because of COVID as it wasn't immediately life threatening, i'm waiting for a new date. Hope everyone is well!

I'm surprised to hear how many people had their operation first and chemo after. I was started on chemo straight away and surgery was supposed to be half way through the chemo, after the 3rd session, I have 6 sessions of chemo in total. However because my operation got cancelled in March I had more chemo while I was waiting on an operation date. In May I had the operation after my 5th chemo session and I was given 2 more sessions afterwards, so they gave me an extra session, so in total 7 sessions. My last one is due next week. The oncologists told me that they like to start you on chemo first to kill some of the cancer and operate half way through, then the last sessions are to kill off remaining cells, but I've heard so many people having their operation before any chemo. I suppose it must differ depending on the doctors.

@Survival Yes, it is interesting, it must depend on the doctor? I had my hysterectomy at the beginning of this month and depending on the biopsy results I'll start chemo. I hope you're well xx

@Survival I've heard as well that that's common. Maybe it depends on the grade of the cancer? I also had surgery before chemo. Have you finished your chemo?

Yes I've finished my chemo now. I had my operation after 5 sessions, then had another 2 sessions after the operation. Maybe it does depend on the stage as to how they treat it, I was stage 3 quite far advanced, so they needed to shrink it before they could operate. Maybe for earlier stages they can operate first before chemo. 

Hello all

How is everyone?

I gad my hysterectomy last year Nov, 6 chemos sessions, lost hair but I looked cool with bold head. Hair growing again. I was due to have further bowel surgery as still have cancer there and around belly but cos of covid it has been postponed until Jan 2021. They havd in the meantime put me on Niraparib fir 6 months. Iam anxious as dobt know if my cancer is getting worst or better or staying same 🤔😔