Had breast cancer~now facing ovarian or endrometrial cancer

Hi Cinnamon. Maybe I can tell you about some of the things that COULD happen or some of the drugs that COULD be given to you.

A belly button incision is actually painful after a day or so, but mostly because of the gas they have to put in. It will leave bruising (bad) and after a few days, the gas will begin to settle in your joints causing them to ache. But either strong ibuprophen or something similar will work for the pain. I had the belly button thing done for a tubal ligation four years ago. The upside of one is...no one will ever notice your scar! And should you desire, you could still wear a two piece to the beach.

Now, about the cancer I had and more. I had a female cancer, but I wouldn't say it was endometrial or uterine. It was GTD (Gestational Trophoblastic disease). They did remove part of my uterus, and did perferate my bowel. If this happens, they can do something about it. They put a tube down your nose for a few days and tell you that you can't have anything to eat or drink, but you may have a few ice chips now and then for a dry mouth. And they will keep you on an IV for fluids. Then they pull the tube out and allow you to have something like juice, broth, and jello.

Chemo's vary. Mine was Methotrexate and Leucovorin, well that was the drugs for the first three cycles. It did cause nausea (but not too bad), tiredness, and mouth sores (those hurt). And honestly, the shots hurt...just a fair warning. They are not unbearable, but...they are not pleasant either. Well, Leucovorin does not hurt at all except for the needle stick. But, that didn't work for me. So then they moved me to Cisplatin and Vepesid. Nasty stuff. Did two cycles of that in the hospital (4 days each cycle) lost my hair then. And then there was the stinging at the IV site and a little ways up my arm. It seems those drugs just like to sting your veins, but it isn't horrid, just more like annoying. And they can cause your ears to ring, and put you at a higher risk for a urinary tract infection. Got a few of those, but they were able to treat them with some antibiotics and...Cranberry juice. My onc. told me to drink 1-2 glasses of cranberry juice a day to keep my tract flushed out and help prevent the infections. The cranberry juice was definately better than dealing with the infection.

I don't really know what else I can tell you. I wish you the very best. If I'm not mistaken, some of the drugs I mentioned above are used for other female organ cancers.

Ali

Cinnamon4 said:

lilmom2Thank you so much for your reply.Your the only one who has.I`VE been feeling so Alone & Scared.I have a lot of very good friends but some how their words of comfort,don`t seem to be helping.Things like,Im sure your fine this time.Call me when you know something.It feels like they don`t care or are unconcerned.Then when no one here replyed,I really felt all alone! I had a bye,bye party the day before my Masectomy.It`s in the Expressions Gallery.Thank You & I Hope & Pray that you stay cancer free Ali. LOVE,PEACE & HAPPINESS & MANY PAIN FREE CANCER FREE DAYS FOR EVERYONE HERE.cindi

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