Pain management and a chemical menopause

Current CA125 level: 11Current pain level: highMood: weary and uncertainThings have been on a bit of a roller coaster since I last wrote. Everything had been starting to get better since the hysterectomy last July and I was starting to feel physically stronger. Then a few months ago the pain came back and it's been getting worse ever since.I've always had some residual abdominal pain since the hysterectomy but day-to-day things had started to become a bit easier, like walking Molly to school and carrying Tess around. I got to Christmas feeling positive about the future and hopeful that hospital admissions were finally behind me. Then in January I noticed the pain getting worse. It started becoming more frequent and sharper. And after a few weeks I started to feel bloated and uncomfortable, and was finding eating meals difficult. After a month things hadn't improved, and with pain, bloating and feeling full all symptoms of ovarian cancer I phoned my oncology nurse at the hospital. She immediately got me an appointment and a couple of days later, at the start of March, I went to see my oncologist.By the time I went to the appointment I was in a lot of pain. My oncologist took one look at me when I walked, or rather slowly shuffled into his room and said I needed to be admitted into hospital. I'd been expecting him to send me for a scan so it was a shock to be admitted on the spot. I was totally unprepared for being back in hospital and hated that, for the s...
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