Hi,
My mom was just diagnosed with Fallopian Tube Cancer, Stage 3. She had surgery to remove a
mass that they knew about on the outside of her colon, and when they went in, they determined that the mass was cancerous, and it was not the primary source. It appears to have originated in the Fallopian tube, and spread up into the abdominal wall.
During the surgery, they removed the mass, a small part of the colon that it was attached to, plus her ovaries, uterus and fallopian tubes.
Now they want her to undergo 6 rounds (21 day
intervals) of chemo. She is trying decide whether to proceed with chemo or not. She is hesitant because she has had many friends go through chemo (for other types of cancer), without positive results.
Some of my questions are: For those of you also
diagnosed with Fallopian Tube cancer, did you have high CA-125 numbers to begin with? My mother's was 25. The reason I ask is that if her number was normal to begin with, how can that be a good way to see if the chemo is "working"? (They said that was one thing they would check throughout the chemo).
Has anyone else had similar surgery, where they took all cancerous material that they could see? And has anyone refused chemo and gone a different, more alternative route?
Lastly, for those who have had 6 rounds of chemo,(she will be getting taxol and carboplatin)how were the side effects for you? I realize it's different for everyone, but still good to know.
There are so many questions, and it's quite
overwhelming at the moment.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Lynn
NH