Reoccurance Of Ovca

My was diagnosed w/ OVarian Cancer 3.5 years ago and responded well to treatment. She is having a reoccurance. She is very freaked out and is not sure she will live.

Anyone have a good exp surviving a reoccurrance. She was very luckily stage 1 and has been in good health for 3 years. 

Thanks,

Amy

So sorry to read your sister is dealing with this again. How was her recurrence discovered? Do you know the type of Stage 1? I am holding you in my thoughts and prayers.

Jennifer

Thanks for your response. I left out the work Mom~but it's my Mom, not sister.

She has EOC, Stage 1. Her Chemo starts in 2 weeks.

On 10/15/2007 texasamy wrote:

Thanks for your response. I left out the work Mom~but it's my Mom, not sister.

She has EOC, Stage 1. Her Chemo starts in 2 weeks.

I just can't seem to type!! I left out the WORD~not work:(

On 10/14/2007 texasamy wrote:

My was diagnosed w/ OVarian Cancer 3.5 years ago and responded well to treatment. She is having a reoccurance. She is very freaked out and is not sure she will live.

Anyone have a good exp surviving a reoccurrance. She was very luckily stage 1 and has been in good health for 3 years. 

Thanks,

Amy

in Dallas

Amy -

I was dx'd 3.5 years ago with stage IV OVCA. I had a reoccurance 1 year out of treatment. I have been in and out of treatment ever since. I feel fine and treatments seem to be doing something good. Tell your mother that recurrance is part of this ugly disease and to try to look at this as a chronic disease, not a fatal one. She was stage I - this is a wonderful thing. If she goes into treatment - she will probably have another remission.  Good luck to you both.

Diane

On 10/16/2007 jldny1234 wrote:

Hi again Amy, good thoughts to your MOM. How old is she? How did her dr find the recurrence? Like Diane mentioned, ovca is often treated as a chronic disease.

She is 58. She has checkups every 6 months. Her CA125 was elevated and when the CT scan came back she had some nodules. Her CA125 also went from 167 to 202 in those two weeks.