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Ovarian Cancer: Should I go on Maintenance Therapy?

Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: Nov 13 1:41pm | Replies (59)
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@charlotte12

Thank you for the quick reply. Did you have the maintenance therapy with avastin (or bevacizumab) right after
your first line treatment? I need dental work done and avastin may interfere with healing of
my dental procedures. Oncologist recommended: No dental work, extraction, till 6 weeks after the last chemo treatment, then get my
teeth fixed, then wait another 3 weeks or so based on healing process, then I start the avastin treatment which is to last 30 minutes each time, no other drugs injected. Did you get a port or could you tolerate the infusion with the needle? Did you experience other side effects besides high blood pressure? I still deal with side effects from the last chemo, pain, neuropathy, fatigue, taste change.

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Carrie | @katycot | Oct 8 6:46pm

I had carbo taxol with avastin for 6 infusions, then I have avastin only every 3 weeks for about a year.

I did have a port, and it’s still used today highly recommend. I will keep mine as long as it works, maybe years.

I play a lot of racket sports and walk a lot. I noticed when I used legs too much my recovery time took longer while on avastin. I had quite a bit of leg pain, but it was manageable and I could still remain active

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