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Peritoneal Cancer: Anyone else?

Cancer | Last Active: Nov 22, 2023 | Replies (61)
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@rdubins

Hi elle - me, too. HIPEC is evidently pretty difficult to get through, and the side effects are sometimes not worth the benefit. I'm 69 with a pace-maker, and they basically said "no way". That being said, I've done extremely well on my chemo - I had four rounds of chemo and at this point my CA125 is 17, and all the metastasis are GONE. My CT results show absent, resolved, greatly diminished, etc. Very positive response, so I didn't really need the HIPEC. I was totally campaigning for it, but now I see that I did just as well without it. Best of luck to you - at this point you must be on the other side of your treatments - How ya doing?

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elle797 | @elle797 | Nov 16, 2023

Thankyou for sharing your experience and I'm glad you are doing well.
Is it primary peritoneal you have?
It's been a long hard fight and still ongoing,diagnosis was March 2022.Had chemo the same year which made me really ill and didn't really work.
Went on a carrot juice and organic diet and was great up to January 2003,then in and out of hospital with infections till May.Was given 6 months life expectancy in February.
I was very low and then I started taking cannabis as I had nothing to lose.... i immediately picked up and felt amazing,first time in ages and the cancer was stable.
I had a scan in August that showed a rapid growing mass in my abdomen,I was put on a 5day course of radiotherapy and that was 3 weeks ago ,I'm still recovering from the side effects,I have an appointment on December 4th to see what's what.
I'm sorry it's a long story,take good care xx

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