ovarian cancer

[Moon248]

Hi, my mother has been diagnose with ovarian cancer (stage III) about 10 months ago. she has her ovaries, and uterus removed. after the surgery she went straight to chemo treatment with paclitaxel and carboplatine. She has completed her 6th cycle in December 2008. Her latest CA 125 is about 40 (the marker went down to below 30 after the treatment, however it goes up to 40 when she did her blood test in Jan 09). Recently she's complain of feeling bloated, and some fluid accumulated in her stomach, she also complain of weight gain with unexplain reason and i notice that her left ankle is swollen a little bit. Im wondering, is it possible that the cancer cells are still remain and it has spread? is this a malignant ascites? what kind of test can u do to confirmed if it is a malignant ascites?
Recently she has urticaria, is this related to her current illness?


This discussion is related to pleural effusion and asisticed fluid .

[Moon248]

yes, i'm going to make an appointment for her.
her case is kinda complicated one, the doctor cannot find the cancer origin--
anyway, thank you Jane
i'll keep u posted

[jane65]

Hi,
I'm so sorry about your Mom's diagnosis, I assume that she's already been seeing her oncologist regarding these new symptoms. If she hasn't, she has to make an appointment as soon as possible.

Obviously we cannot diagnose her new symptoms, only her oncologist can do that. I'm sure he will order a scan, and keep up with her CA125 blood tests.

Best of luck to her, if there is a problem, it's so important that it be found as early as possible to get treatment started.
Please keep us informed about your Mom.
Jane