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Dear All,
I request your advise for the below attached case.
My mother had been diagonised with fourth stage ovarian cancer a year ago. It started off with around 4 litres of ascetic fluid filing up in the abdomen cavity.
We treated her through 3 chemotherapy cycles (paraplatin) before a surgery could be carried out wherein the ovaries, gall bladder and appendics were removed.
Following this, another 6 cycles of chemotherapy were administered to her
However since the past month there has been an accumulation of asetic fluid in the pleural cavity and the abdomen. This has to be surgically removed as the chemotherapy does not seem to have an effect now.
Anyone faced a similar situation or has any like experience, please advise
Yeah, sorry but the odds of someone here having a similar situation are frankly pretty small. Your best bet is if you want to get a 2d or even 3d opinion from other oncologists. And if at all possible I suggest going to one of the top places such as MD Anderson, Sloan Kettering, etc. Best of luck w/this!!
Dear All,
I request your advise for the below attached case.
My mother had been diagonised with fourth stage ovarian cancer a year ago. It started off with around 4 litres of ascetic fluid filing up in the abdomen cavity.
We treated her through 3 chemotherapy cycles (paraplatin) before a surgery could be carried out wherein the ovaries, gall bladder and appendics were removed.
Following this, another 6 cycles of chemotherapy were administered to her
However since the past month there has been an accumulation of asetic fluid in the pleural cavity and the abdomen. This has to be surgically removed as the chemotherapy does not seem to have an effect now.
Anyone faced a similar situation or has any like experience, please advise
First of all, I am very sorry to hear that your mother has to go thru all of this.
Just double checking - it think it's called Ascites Fluid. (I just happened to be searching in this forum for Ascites and found no hits, but then found your post, as the title seemed prevalent)...
I am also in the same exact shoes as you with my mom with Ascites Fluid building up in mom's abdomen/pleural area) however... We are still in the diagnosis stages and she has not yet been officially diagnosed with Ovarian. As of yesterday, they ruled out that the Ascites Fluid was caused by liver related cancer, but now we are looking into other 'causes' and we are very suspect that it could be Ovarian, because my mom had an abnormal pap smear last year, but didn't follow up further.
Question- in terms of fluid removal, is "Diuretics" out of the question for her? The GI doctor mentioned this to us. ...
Tomorrow we are getting the fluid further tested ..
Unfortunately, my mom (80) is NOT a good candidate for surgery/chemo, so we will be looking for as many non surgical options for her (sigh).. in the event that we do find it to be malignancy. (sigh)
Not sure I helped, but as I get more into my mom's condition, I'll let you know what I find.
Best wishes for your mom (and you!) Be strong!
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Ascites Fluid in Abdomen
