Recurrence

Hi Kelly, do you have some tips you can share with us how you have been successful? What stage were you in staging? How did you do your maintenance? What meds did you take for maintenance and supplements? Much appreciate.

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Hi azgrandma! This is very encouraging news to us all. Would you be so kind enough to share with us your journey of your success? What were your treatments after surgery? Maintenance daily meds? Exercise? And diet? Much appreciative for any nuggets of wisdom you can share. God bless!

Hello all,

Thank you for your posts. I will be 80 years old in 2 1/2 months. Approximately every 10 years I've had a catastrophic illness. In 2002, it was Colon Cancer, Stage I or II, and had chemo thru Sept of 2003. In Dec 2011 it was Acute Pancreatitis, probable cause was an antidepressant which my doctor should have been monitoring with blood work to determine levels of something - I can't remember what - but, he didn't. I was hospitalized for 19 days, in intensive care twice. No food or water, had a PIK in my arm which I was fed through. But, by mid-January I was in dire pain for what was thought to be sciatica. I was barely able to walk, was hospitalized, an infection, oleomelitis (probably not the full, correct name) discovered in my tailbone. This possibly was due to my feeding tube not being capped by the person who came to my home daily to feed me through the PIK. I was hospitalized 'til 02/28/2012 while the doctors searched for the cause of the pain, then treated me for it. Then off to rehab for a month to have antibiotics by IV daily for the infection and for physical therapy to learn to walk again.

In July 2022, during Covid I was diagnosed with Ovarian/Fallopian Cancer Stage IV. I had felt physically and mentally off as far back as July 2021, but we were in the Pandemic which caused a lot of mental confusion. I went to 3 different doctors, but couldn't really pinpoint anything to tell them, I think one missed something. (I was just a 'crazy old lady'.) I began Chemo (Carbo/Plaxen) in August 2022. October surgery rescheduled for December until a blood clot discovered when I was hospitalized 12/7/22 for a very bad case of the Flu (not Covid) combined with recovering from Chemo 5 days earlier. 12/16/22 surgery put off, put on blood thinner to dissolve clot. March 17, 2023 had complete hysterectomy & 2 Chemos, ending May 12. Unable to take Zejula, bad reaction. CA125 was 5 in July; 15 in Oct. I suffer from anxiety and am terribly frightened and worry about a recurrence. Don't see beginning of this, hope it's there🙄

rdubins - Thank you for your encouraging words and understanding. And thanks for the good mojo you sent. I was on antidepressants for 25 years and am trying to avoid them for the time being. All the best to you in your journey of recovery and may you experience nothing but good health.