Fat belly? No. Ovarian Cancer belly (pt 2)

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The story of my ovarian cancer discovery is here

This is such an important health issue - there's a reason why OC is called the 'silent killer'. I really want more women to be aware of what few symptoms there are (I wasn't).

This is my story. I hope it's a long one.

A good darned, good reading material and good veins. These things I wish for you for tomorrow. We'll be here wishing you all the best

Good luck for treatment.

Glad that treatment starts again today . Courage mon brave as they say, best foot forward and all that .Take heart from the support here .

best of luck with the treatment today. hope the trains all behave themselves.

Sending you good wishes too TQ, and great viens!

Good luck today - we are complete strangers but I will be thinking of you today.

Unmsnetty hugs

Am thinking of you today - good luck, I hope it goes well.

Good luck today, thinking of you xx

Veins did not behave very well unfortunately - success at the 3rd attempt though and I coped with it well. Aside from that it was all good. Caelyx is a pinky orange neon colour, which was different! Apparently my wee may well turn the same colour for a while too.

For me, chemo side-effects don't kick in until day 4 so I'm feeling fine so far but Sunday onwards may be different. The nurses were very busy yesterday - short staffed and lots of us in there for treatment.

It is reassuring to be having treatment though.

Oh good, I'm pleased it went okay yesterday.

I'm glad you are on sick leave now, you don't need all sorts of stress from work on top of what you are dealing with right now.

Phew, I am so pleased that the treatment is now underway. Interesting about the likely wee colour!
Bed rest from Sunday, I think, if you can manage that. How are you getting on with the reading list?
I was a visitor at Exeter hospital this week, ailing mum there, although thankfully now discharged. I've never seen such an overwhelmed A&E although the staff were magnificent in the circumstances. I escaped for a walk at one point, and thought of your dd - Exeter is glorious in the sunshine.
Take care, lots of good vibes coming your way. It is shite, but you are one day into the chemo plan. One day at a time.

GoneGrey How lovely of you to think of my DD. She loves the hills down there - mostly! She was glad to get back to the relative flatness of the Home Counties though. She's gone to the beach today with some friends.

I hope your mum is OK. I'm on to book 3 of the Cazalet chronicles! Lovely DD1 bought me the series for Christmas.

Tried to go on sick leave but there are some things I need to tidy up so I've postponed for a couple of weeks at my manager's request. I don't mind a transition period too much - but it's definitely on my terms, no-one else's.

Good to hear you are enjoying the Cazalets. I read them all when I was having treatment too, and they were a great escape.
However, word of warning, Do Not Read The Last One called All Change.
It was a real disappointment as Elizabeth Jane Howard just lost the knack of weaving a believable story and the characters were really wooden.
I hope you have a conmfortable weekend

@TQ Long-time lurker who has signed up for an account so that I can say I am thinking of you and wishing you the best. Your posts are so calm and serene though you must as though you're paddling like mad!

Hello Schrodingers Nice to hear from you. :)

I am not calm and serene at all - my way of coping is to pretend that I am. I am scared, fucked off beyond belief, petrified, immensely sad, worried for and about my DDs, did I mention scared?

TQ - understandably! But please do know that I admire your strength.

Oh TQ I wish I could somehow magic up an enormous hug for you. It must be so exhausting being brave and stoic for those around you, I hope you have some rl friends to hold you too.

Well done on getting through the first round of new treatment. I hope tomorrow is better than you fear

TQ I have name changed but still following. Sending you whatever support and hugs I can. I have never been through anything like what you are experiencing, but have had some sad times lately and sometimes I wonder how we can host SO MUCH sadness and fear, which is really quite crippling, and still keep somehow putting one foot in front of the other. Anyway, as you know better than I do I'm sure, having courage sometimes just means somehow facing the day. It doesn't mean not being utterly terrified. I hope so much you have someone in RL to talk to but, either way, don't worry of course about expressing your sadness and fear here.

Thinking of you TQ

Thank you curtains and underline and everyone else. I'm OK physically - no significant after-effects of the chemo. I'm properly giving up work tomorrow after a few extra weeks of tidying up loose ends. I need to find things to do to so I'm going through paperwork and planning a few other projects - photos in particular. Like everyone else I've got a big drawer full of photo negatives that no-one ever looks at.

Sending love TQ

Hope you are doing okay at the moment, TQ.

Glad to hear you're okay physically, that's something at least.

Hope giving up work doesn't hit you too hard.

Photos sounds like a great project. I've always said I'd love to produce scrapbooks with mine but it's something I've never got around too!

I too hope you are ok today. Look on it as something of a liberation, if you can, no longer answerable to any employer etc . There are upsides, as I well know, when medical retirement was forced on me some time ago. Life can still be lived fully and deeply, and with a sense of purpose. I hope you have company and some this evening x