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Feeling pretty good

Nov 21, 2008 - 2 comments
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Joy is feeling pretty good.  We are all glad after 2 sessions of chemo she hasn't had nausea or vomitting either time.  Thank goodness for the anit nausea drugs.

Says her abdomen still just doesn't feel right.  Just not normal.  Could be all the scapping and surgery and ,of course, we all wonder if it's the cancer.

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by bcppc, Nov 23, 2008
Caren,
  my stomach was so "out of whack" for about a good year after the debulking surgery.....so give it time and it may not be until AFTER she is all done with chemo, for her tummy to feel better...the chemo irritates and causes inflammation of the digestive tract...that is why the chemo affects the mouth, throat, and heartburn!   has she had heartburn yet?

I would also watch for her tummy if it starts to swell or expand....
   I never "felt right" either after my surgery because my tummy  filled with a fluid called "Ascites"... google it so you can get a better description of this.......

from dec 2005 to March 2006 I watched how my tummy slowly got bigger & bigger...I looked like I was 9 months pregnant and what the doctor did was drain it out...
  The first line of chemo treatments, Taxol & Carboplatin were supposed to "dry it up" but for me, it did not do that.
I had my tummy drained 5 times (Paracentesis) and finally starting IP chemo is what did the trick..the fluid never came back after I started IP chemo...

I hope this is not what is going on with Joy...maybe doctor could do a ultrasound to make sure that fluid is NOT building up ok?  just a suggestion

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by chopps, Nov 24, 2008
As always it's great to hear from you.  This is very helpful.  Her stomach is not more swollen, but we will keep an eye on it.  A while ago you were the first person to mention ascites...so I have looked them up and will be aware.  It is interesting the Dr.'s have never, never mentioned this or this word.

If her CA 125 is going down which it is, could there be a point in the chemo cycles that it becomes resistant?  Her numbers have gone from 290 to 400 after surgery to 77.  So it seems to be having a current effect.  I haven't read anywhere that it talks about becoming resistant over a few cycles, but it makes sense that could happen.

I hope all is well for you.

Caren

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