Chemo 14 days post op with open wound!

[LILLIAN577]

I dont get any of this the ascites still draining from incision that wont heal while this is happening. They want to start chemo 12 to 14 days pot op, sounds nuts. And they want me to pack it at home which sounds crazier. Home health is gonna come ive had to do the leg work. Ascites wont even stop until 3 weeks after 1 st chemo treatment. Can she handle this so soon after operation. Anyone have a bag put in after surgury for the ascites?

[gah_70]

I had no idea what ascites was when I had surgery.  I was told I would have a drain put in, but I did not.  So imagine my surprise when about a week and a half post surgery, I started leaking some sort of fluid out of my incision.  It was just a little, either.  It was enough that I had to change my sheets daily, and change nightgowns a couple of times per night.  I did not have any openings in the wound, but had a lot of granulation tissue that kept my wound from completely closing for a while.  Once that finally happened, the ascites found other ways to come out...through the vaginal cuff area.  I started chemo 4 weeks after surgery because my doctor wanted to give my body a rest after such a major surgery.  I had chemo at a different place than I had surgery, and when I spoke with the Oncologist who handled my chemo, he told me the only way the ascites was going away was with chemo.  It took 4 treatments for mine to completely go away.  In the meantime, I slept on pads and towels because I never had any warning when the ascites would come.  It wasn't a constant drip, but more like a gush every now and then.  So, the fact that she still has ascites is not uncommon.  It's just one of those unpleasant things that happen with ovarian cancer.  It takes chemo to kill the cancer that's causing it.  Best wishes to you both.

Gail