Progress Update From Annec (prev. Was May/05)

Hi, I read your amazing story.  My mom was just dx and is to start chemo next week.  How is you fight going??  I will keep you in my prayers

On 7/26/2005 Annec wrote:

I last wrote May 16th, asking if anyone had information about fallopian tube cancer but have not heard anything back yet so I thought I would update my situation. I had a full hysterectomy April 29th for ovarian cancer and was diagnosed two weeks later with fallopian tube cancer instead. I'm now receiving a six-month treatment of adjuvent chemotherapy in the form of carboplatin and taxol, every four weeks, beginning June 17th. The side-effects have been manageable so far. I too lost my hair after the 3rd week of the first treatment and had purchased a wig to have ready. I feel good most of the time, except for low energy for the first five days after chemo, and am meanwhile regaining strength from the surgery (almost 3 mo. ago now) every day. I'm focussing on whole foods nutrition that supports chemo and fights cancer. Any and all hints and info would be appreciated - I'm just feeling my way along through all of this. Someone wrote about a support group - I'm very interested if anyone knows more about how this is coming along. Please count me in!

Hi CarolG,

I know you're in the midst of treatment but you sound like you're doing so well. It's terrible to hear you've had this arduous road with having cancer twice - any time at all is one time too many and more than gruelling enought! As you see, my message was from 2005. I'm happy to tell you that I feel better with each month and am working at rebuilding my life again. I still have intermittent pangs of pain and am on my way today to see a urologist for bladder problems from the full hysterectomy that I had to remove the tumour in April '05. Other than this I'm truly starting to feel more like myself. The chemo effects drag on (they say 2 years before we can expell them from our system and that's about what it'll be with me). I'm part of a pioneer project with 7 other women across Canada country and we're all going through similar, if not the same symptoms, problems and emotional challenges. That tells us that these are medical symptoms caused by the chemo and not something else. It's comforting to know and helps when going through emotional dips. Please keep writing if you'd like and I'll answer. I'm glad to know you're out there! A