Hi, Jill...so sorry it took me so long to reply! Tell your mom that I turned 70 yrs. "young" this past January, and I'm still hangin' in thar. If she'd like to correspond with me, my email address is: soaringspirit13@yahoo.com
Please let me know how the Topotecan works for your mom. As you know, I've been taking it for a year now, and just over the past 2 treatments I started experiencing some pretty heavy fatigue about midway during the treatment and for a few days afterwards. So between my doc and me, we've decided to try giving me 3 weeks inbetween the treatments instead of the two. Since my blood results and CA 125 have been so good, we figure it won't hurt to try this.
I really don't want to stop the Topotecan...good results and all...so I've decided that if I do have to deal with this fatigue, that's what I'll do.
You might also want to have your mother check with her doctor about taking Procrit (for red blood cells) which I've been taking weekly for about six months, and Neulasta (for white blood cells), which I've been taking on the last day of treatment for about four months.
Please keep me updated on your mom, all right, because...I care...
Love you, girl! Oby