I just found out that the chemo treatments that my doctors have been saying "Are going SO well!", are really not going so well. My left-sided Ovarian Cancer has spread to my Uterus, Right Ovary, and Small Intestine! I thought they were supposed to keep an eye out for spreading! Apparently NOT!!!
They are beefing up me chemo, I have to go on twice a week, in-hospital treatments (250 miles away), and they have scheduled a complete hysterectomy. So much for having kids!! I want to finish the end of the school semester, so my doctor is letting me wait on the surgery and have scheduled it for Monday, May 19, 2008. They are also looking at a new procedure to preserve my eggs so that I can have my own children with a surragate mother. The cool part is that they would store the cells in my upper arm! However, the procedure is only in the experimental phase and they can only give me a 30% chance that the cells will survive and be transplanted successfully. I guess there's always adoption!
Anyway, for all those in the hospital at the end of May... email me when you're bored!
Prayers all around! Gig 'Em!
Great News! ... NOT!!!
Saturday, April 19, 2008, 12:04 AM CST [General]
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Hey Jessica. Although I am in remission and healthy now, I know how you feel about not being able to have kids. I found out a few months ago that the chemotherapy I had has caused me to go into premature menopause and I won't be able to have kids. I'm heartbroken because I am only 19 and I shouldn't have to worry about stuff like this. I just want you to know that you're in my prayers and I hope the experimental procedure works. :-) Amber |
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sorry to hear things are not going so well but my name is holly and will you be my friend i had brain sugry so i know how surgery is holly rakestraw |
Your post evoked tears in my eyes. Although your blog seems moderately positive, i think I'm picking up that it's mainly sarcasm. In which case I really encourage you to allow yourself to feel the emotions that are surfacing. I know for myself, when i was going through my treatment.. I wanted nothing more than to get back to my regular lifestyle as fast as I could. (Which meant returning to school.) So I hope that postponing the hysterectomy isn't an attempt to avoid your current conditions. I know it's hard, and I hope my comment doesn't seem uncaring. But as your sister through disease, I want you to get better as fast as you can. Take care of yourself hun, and please keep us posted on any progress. You are in my thoughts, and in my heart. God bless!!
Laura Ellen02:56 PM CST