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Has anyone in remission from ovarian cancer had sudden nosebleeds?

Posted by bendeb @bendeb, Oct 4 7:56am

I’ve suddenly been having sudden onset nosebleeds from my right nostril. Always in the mornings, which last about a minute. Has anyone else had these. I am an ovarian cancer patient, in remission for five years. I took Zejula for 3 years. Have been off of it for a year, now.

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Helen, Volunteer Mentor | @naturegirl5 | Oct 4 9:36am

@bendeb I can understand why the nosebleeds are frightening for you. Have you talked with or messaged your oncologist? For me, I leap to recurrence or a new cancer when I have a new symptom. I have learned that this is common for cancer survivors and it's always good to get the symptoms checked out.

I am an endometrial cancer survivor. I did not have chemotherapy or immunotherapy. It has been very dry where I live and this time of year I often have a reactive airway and need to use my inhaler. I have also had nosebleeds. If I had a nosebleed on more than one occasion and always from the same nostril I would first go to my primary care physician to rule out anything that can cause nosebleeds such as circulatory problems and hypertension.

Have you contacted your doctor?

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bendeb | @bendeb | Oct 5 8:49am
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@naturegirl5

@bendeb I can understand why the nosebleeds are frightening for you. Have you talked with or messaged your oncologist? For me, I leap to recurrence or a new cancer when I have a new symptom. I have learned that this is common for cancer survivors and it's always good to get the symptoms checked out.

I am an endometrial cancer survivor. I did not have chemotherapy or immunotherapy. It has been very dry where I live and this time of year I often have a reactive airway and need to use my inhaler. I have also had nosebleeds. If I had a nosebleed on more than one occasion and always from the same nostril I would first go to my primary care physician to rule out anything that can cause nosebleeds such as circulatory problems and hypertension.

Have you contacted your doctor?

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Thank you for your reply. You are right about the worry of a reoccurrence.

I did reach out to my PCP and have an appointment with an ENT this Tuesday.
I’ll keep you updated.

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bendeb | @bendeb | Oct 10 6:51am

I promised to reply about nosebleeds. The ENT wasn’t concerned after he took a look. He applied silver nitrate the area.
So far so good 😊

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