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

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TwitterQueen1 · 24/09/2017 19:37

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.

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Gonegrey31 · 11/06/2019 23:03

Lots of love and support coming your way, first part of the treatment will soon be out of the way Flowers

Mrstraveller · 11/06/2019 23:08

TQ - not very good with words but just want you to know I’m thinking about you and hoping all goes well tomorrow xx

2018SoFarSoGreat · 11/06/2019 23:42

A weeping willow is one of the most beautiful trees. Strong but delicate, withstands the storms because it sways with the wind and rain. Provides so much comfort and shelter under it's beautiful canopy. The roots are strong and they are very adaptive.

All in all, being a weeping willow today is all good. And you have all of us here to lean on if the going gets too tough. You are not alone.

Bloodybridget · 12/06/2019 06:56

Just what Lilies and 2018SoFar said. From my short acquaintance with you on this and the cancer support thread, I can see how strong and brave you are, I am in awe of you. Strength doesn't mean not having feelings, though.

Pennina · 12/06/2019 07:05

TQ other posters have put it so well. I've been "with you" since the start and you've never been far from my thoughts. You're a wonderful person and I'm aware that you give a huge amount of support to other ladies on the cancer support threads. You've been so brave and so strong and of course it's natural to feel how you do. We're all still with you and all thinking of you today. Thanks

Proseccoinamug · 12/06/2019 10:11

Wishing you so much good TQ , thinking of you today ❤️

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TwitterQueen1 · 12/06/2019 21:08

Thank you thank you thank you for all the good wishes and thoughts. You are very kind - and I am one zap down and feeling fine. Smile

Didn't get home til 8pm because of traffic and machine trouble. Apparently 'my' machine is higher/taller because of special features. I am on anti-sickness meds to I don't know how I'm going to feel going forward - time will tell. I did have nice warm toasty feet though Wink

I've stopped being a weeping willow.

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Pennina · 12/06/2019 22:23

Yay TQ!! Time for Roquefort and a little glass of wine!

Mrstraveller · 12/06/2019 22:56

Glad you are back home TQ xx

LiliesAndChocolate · 12/06/2019 23:59

Weeping willows gone and I will now think of you as the huge gumtree in my front yard. Tall, strong, resisting all the extreme events of Australia from tropical storm to bushfires, and sometimes when the shit is tough and survival hard, gumtrees will lose branches, and you TQ are so similar, swinging and shaking in the storm but as solid as a rock.

I hope you get a good night rest. But if you can’t sleep, Australia is wide awake and there for you.

SnowsInWater · 13/06/2019 07:10

Glad all went well for you today. I'm in Aus too so often on here in the middle of your night x

LiliesAndChocolate · 13/06/2019 08:39

How are you feeling this morning TQ? are your daughters home?

CheshireSplat · 13/06/2019 16:49

TQ in the midst of your treatment, I wanted to say thank you for sharing your story. I made a Dr's appointment because my periods have gone a strange dark colour. I then started to suffer from bloating, feeling full (for the first time in my life), a bit of pain round my right pelvis, constipation. Anyway, given the size of my belly, in the back of my mind I remembered your threads on mumsnet and went back and reread both. The bloating seems such a red flag that in the gp appointment instead being oblivious to my other symptoms and only talking about the bleeding (which I would otherwise) I raised all these points. She asked about other symptoms which I know are symptoms of ovarian cancer to which I could happily say no, but she sent me back for a blood test (inc CA125 which I wouldn't have heard of if it hadn't have been for you) (which I had today) and I'm going to have an ultrasound to get checked out. Hopefully it isn't anything sinister but if it wasn't for your threads it wouldn't even have occurred to me to look more deeply into this.

Many thanks and I'm wishing you all the best.

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TwitterQueen1 · 13/06/2019 18:49

That's what I call a result Cheshire Smile

DDs all over the place - which is good. One has a uni reunion. Another coming down for the weekend to practice driving and look after me. Another gone incognito Grin.

I love the images lilies. I have a zen cd which I listen to every night and I always establish the colours of the music, what I can 'feel' and what I can hear. My place is a somewhat exotic Buddha pool, which I explore every day.

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TwitterQueen1 · 14/06/2019 19:44

Second zap today. All went so smoothly. There is a whole history of my very disruptive DSis who cannot help but try to interfere and control and manage but leaving that aside....

Lovely BIL turned up exactly as requested. Easy ride into Oxford. Got parked without any trouble at all. Managed (with help) to navigate the booking in process. (I don't know why they assume that someone with brain tumours is capable of understanding that this button must be pressed here and that one there.... but never mind. Someone helped.)

I was OUT by 9am, which was lovely, especially as DBil is not at all comfortable (shit scared) in hospitals.

DSIS is having the sulk from space because I won't do what she wants. Of my very large extended family she is the only one who has not contacted me because I asked for BIL to drive. That's the trouble unfortunately. I have to do what she wants because obviously she knows better than I do what I need..... The simple truth is that she is a crap driver. She wants to help but only on her terms. And she is now painting herself as a victim in all of this. "If only TQ would listen ....." so fucked off with her.

Obviously I'm not giving in Glitterball

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LiliesAndChocolate · 14/06/2019 20:28

Yeah to second zapping and sorry DSIS of TQ, but right family dramas are not on the agenda! Love the expression "sulk from space" it works perfectly well with the "zap" you received! quite poetic in a sci-fi way!

Once one of my sisters had a similar drama moment over a nothing, and when I cut FaceTime short, I just said ' s'en fiche" which means, I don't care in French and my youngest son, repeated " son of the fish" ? in English , so now "fish" has become in our family, the favourite swearing.
So, fish , Dsis. Grin

Mrstraveller · 14/06/2019 20:29

Oh my God. You don’t need the stress of a crap driver taking you or picking you up from hospital. You need someone who is calm and confident so you can at least not have stress during the journey.

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TwitterQueen1 · 14/06/2019 21:52

Exactly MrsT, but it seems to be a difficult concept to grasp.

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Bloodybridget · 14/06/2019 22:01

TQ so glad the treatment is going well so far. When's the last one - tomorrow or next week?

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TwitterQueen1 · 14/06/2019 22:30

Monday at 9am Smile

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mrsed1987 · 14/06/2019 22:46

Thinking of you x

Brassica · 15/06/2019 09:39

Two down, one to go. Great that it’s moving so quickly and I hope the zapping is doing its thing. Don’t give any headspace to your sister, good that your BIL can screen it out and help regardless!

Enjoy your weekend TQ.

Toofaroutallmylife · 16/06/2019 20:56

Hope tomorrow goes well TQ x

LiliesAndChocolate · 17/06/2019 06:34

Last one TQ , hold tight, not long to go!

GhengisCalm · 17/06/2019 07:19

Best of luck for the last one. ThanksGin