I have found recovering from surgery most challenging. I was advised 6 to 8 weeks but it is now 9 weeks and I am beginning to feel like myself. I had no complications of surgery. Progress was slow and not "linear". Chemo was up and down, I would have a few days after the Folfox when I didn't feel well enough to do much of anything but would come back up again, but surgery has been different because the fatigue and poor endurance was daily. I would empty my dishwasher and lie down on the sofa. Everyone is different. I lost a lot of weight due to pancreatic insufficiency, went from 145 lb to 110 and had just stabilized my weight a few weeks before surgery. I was 103 when I returned home from surgery. This might have something to do with the slow recovery. I now am back to my presurgical weight. Mental energy went along with physical energy, very low initially.

Not mowing my lawn again, but I am walking a good distance and returned to driving. Even though there was no cancer in the pathology report, I have been tested for ct DNA and am diagnosed with minimal residual disease, a great disappointment for sure. Since I have BRCA 1, I am a candidate for Olaparib. I will be talking to the oncologist this week about any more chemo vs Olaparib .I hope that side effects of medication will not be debilitating and that there will be benefit of treatment, I find myself letting go of the future, just focus on how I am today, realizing that the course of things is highly variable. I am appreciating feeling well at the moment and grateful for my good days.