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Peritoneal Cancer
Archives for September 2012
Discussion List
Ups and Downs!
Goodness, I feel like I am a human yoyo! Latest on mum...... I rang mums onc nurse to discuss depression and she decided to give antidepressants at the same time I told her that mum had abdominal pain, it is the same spot as usual but not cancer related and it gets bad at times, I wondered if there was some fluid build up…
Weight loss and can't gain it back....
Has anyone lost a lot of weight and not been able to put it back on? I've lost 34 pounds (went from 136 to 102 this summer battling ascities and Peri Cancer and all that that entails. The first two chemos I was on was not getting the results we wanted and now I've been on 4 rounds of Gemzar in the last 6 weeks (another…
Peritoneal Mesothelioma
My husband has completed 3 cycles of chemo and is planning to have hipec surgery mid October. I'd like to connect with others that are in the Seattle area with this diagnosis.
Any info on Doxil?
Mom's numbers are up and they couldn't put her back on carbo/taxol cuz a bad reaction her last chemo. She's made it 9 months. So now doc is starting Doxil. Any info on this one? Did anyone take it? Did it work for anyone? I keep reading how it basically just is palliative and doesn't increase survival time. What should i…
80 year old Mom with PPC
My 80-year-old Mom was diagnosed with primary peritoneal cancer last October. After treatments with Carboplatin and Taxiteer she had a successful partial hysterectomy laparoscopically. Her fallopian tubes and ovaries were removed but her uterus was partially fused to her bladder. More treatments after that and CA-125 was…
Newly diagnosed
I was diagnosed with primary peritoneal carcinomatosis in July 2012 & began chemotherapy on taxol & carboplatin immediately. I didn't have surgery, I think because the disease was too extensive although my oncologist didn't say that explicitly. My CA 125 marker has gone from about 2700 on diagnosis, to 2400 a few weeks…
So so angry!!!
Well my remission has lasted only 2 months!!!! How can this happen. Six months carbo/taxol and 2 surgeries and today my CA125 has jumped from 21 to 209. I am devastated - expected to get at least a year before I had to face this again. My oncologist putting me on Caelyx starting this week. Does anyone have experience of…
Tamoxifen
I was diagnosed with PPC stage IV in December of 2011. I had major surgery and just completed 9 cycles of chemo. My CT scan has came back with no reocurring cancer. I just saw my doctor today and the options he gave me were 3 more cycles of chemo, observation or take orally the drug tamoxifen 20 mg. He suggested to take…