I was dx with primary peritoneal cancer in 2003,I had a "strange pap smear", test after test could not find anything. ca-125 normal, CT Scan-NORMAL, no symptoms at all. I was sent to a wonderful gyn/onco thank goodness she wanted to do surgery. Stage 3 PPC. Had huge surgery and chemo taxol & carboplatin.
Here we are 3 years later, had all the symptoms, bloating, G.I. problems, pain and ca-125 normal, CT Scan-NORMAL. went to doctor to doctor. Had another CT Scan (last one 2 months) tumors, here there and all over the place. Ca-125 only went up to 45.
Had 6 treatments of taxatere & Carbo. sucked. Rechecked CT Scan not in remission yet, I did another 3 treatments. Now I am in remission!! I am doing Maintanence taxol q 3 weeks. And just holding steady at this point.
You do what you have to do. These are the cards I was delt, so now I have to do something with them. This is my life, you make it work.
DAG