My mother was diagnosed with primary peritoneal carcinoma in sept of 2005 she was started on chemo and in dec she that round of chemo was stopped to see what happened when she stopped from dec to jan fluid starting building up in abdomen and she had surgery feb 22 2006 and they took of 6 pounds of fluid and they also did a hystorectomy and her bowels had to be untangled because the cancer had wrapped around her bowels and that evidentally was the reason she was having trouble with her bowels and wasnt able to eat well she is starting a different chemo march 24 but i dont know if it will help because everything i have read and heard from the doctors is there is no cure I know this is a 2003 and three message but i hope you will respond back and tell how your mother is doing now I hope all is well sincerely tonya