HI
I am sorry for what so many of you are going through! My mother in law was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in Aug of 2003, she had had a hysterectomy 5 yrs before! since then she has had 1 surgery to remove tumours, been on carboplatin until a remission, it came back less the 6 months later,and had spread to her liver and spleen, then took an alergic reaction to the carboplatin, they put her on cistoplatin and the same thing happened. She has been on taxol up until last month when test showed it was no longer working. She is now on caelix and extremly tired and depressed. She is 70 yrs old. I am trying to be the strong and practical one of the family, so what do we expect now?
Joined: Jan 2004
I am so sorry to hear the progression of this disease for MIL. I would suggest writing down all the questions you have and asking the Drs. I know the staff where I go will sit down and answer all my questions. Prayers and Hugs
BonnieRose
Joined: Oct 2005
thanks for the prayers and hugs! My MIL does not allow any to go with her to her Dr. appt. she just tells us what her interpetation is. My aunt passed away last Dec. of ovarian cancer, but trying to make comparisons is very difficult as they are being treated very differently. My aunt did not have any sort of chemo until one month before she passed and then it made her violently ill. We feel she passed because of the chemo.! My MIL will see her oncologist again next week and I guess we wait and see if the caelix is haveing some effect. I am praying it will!