Posts by Amanda Wells75

Amanda Miller69 said:My mom fought this same disease, and unfortunately, she lost that battle.
She was diagnosed at Stage III C—surgery, chemo, surgery, chemo, then more surgery.
Back then (about 6 years ago), they first tried some new line of chemo that didn't do a thing for her, but after they switched to Taxol, her markers went back to normal and bought her a little time in remission.
She lived two years after the diagnosis, even though they told her she only had six months.
I lost my dad less than a year before that, but Mom wouldn't just let go and follow him (they were incredibly close); she kept fighting for me and my brother.
The third surgery was massive (HIPEC), and she just never recovered after that. If her body had been able to take it, I truly believe she would have lasted another year or two.
On the old forum, there’s a story under the name Dina9 about someone who survived over 10 years with this illness (sadly, she didn't make it).

Diet is definitely crucial (cut out red meat, white sugar, white flour—basically anything that feeds cancer).
It might be worth taking some Native propolis. It's an antioxidant and boosts the immune system, and it's particularly good for reproductive system tumors. Beta Glucan is also good.
Tibetan mushrooms are great too; you mix them with milk to make kefir (my husband and I take it, it's amazing for immunity).

Any kind of prognosis is a thankless thing to try and give, really. The main thing is to ensure she has as much quality of life as possible and to stay positive as much as you can, and then whatever God wills, happens.

If there is any other way I can help, please let me know.

Thanks for the support and the advice.
I'm so sorry your mother lost the fight against such a nasty disease so soon after diagnosis. I've read all the posts by Dina9. We are all staying positive and believing in a cure, even though we consciously know that isn't possible. Mom was complaining to me yesterday about stomach pains, and I honestly don't know what to think. She goes for a CT scan on Wednesday, and if the results are ready that day, she'll head to the medical board at Petrov on Thursday to see what they say about the next steps for treatment. Honestly, I'm terrified of what that CT might show, but at the same time, I can't wait to finally see it.
How long was your mother in remission when her markers were back to normal?
Has anyone here ever tried treating with petroleum or "black honey"?

Hi everyone.

I’ve been lurking on this forum for a while now, just watching, but I haven't felt like joining in until now. Reading about all of you losing your loved ones... I truly feel for you. My mother—she was born in '57—was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and had surgery back on May 22, 2014. It’s Stage IIIC. During the operation, they had to remove both ovaries, her uterus, her appendix, and the peritoneum (which was full of metastases). When we went to ask the doctor how everything went, he basically just laid it out plain: told us what the cancer was and everything they had to cut out. His words are still ringing in my head, honestly. He said she’ll never be cured, but that she could live with it for a long time with good quality of life—though he added that she might not even get that far. He also said she definitely won't see old age. Of course, we didn't tell her that. We all want to believe in a cure. It feels impossible that she got sick; she was always going a hundred miles an hour. My father (her husband) has been battling alcoholism for twenty years, and she carried all of that weight on her shoulders for all those years. She made sure her kids—my sister and me—got a great education, and she finally got to see her grandkids after waiting years for them. My sister has a little boy who's eighteen months old, and my little girl is almost one. I look at my mom and I can see the sadness in her eyes because she knows she can't really watch them grow up or play with them. Before the surgery, her CA-125 markers were at 465. By the time she was ready for her first chemo session (about a month later), they jumped to 850. After the first round of chemo, they dropped to 280, but then they rose by 120 after the second round, and after the third, they went up by another 110. She had an ultrasound, and they found some cysts on her liver, though the oncologist at the Mayo Clinic said she couldn't tell if they were just cysts or metastases. She needs to get a CT scan and bring the results to a medical board so they can consider changing her chemotherapy. One cyst is 3 cm, and the other is 1 cm. Everything else on the ultrasound looked clear. I’m wondering if anyone here has dealt with something similar or if you have any advice? Mom is avoiding sugar and red meat, mostly eating boiled foods. Does diet actually matter during treatment? If anyone has any advice at all, please.

P.S. Sorry for the long post.