Last Months with Terminal Cancer

 

January 2, 2023

My stage 3C ovarian cancer has returned after two surgeries, four chemo treatments, and a year of taking the cancer suppressing medication, Lynparza. My body began becoming less responsive to the Lynparza until we decided to stop taking it in October 2022. 

Since my blood pressure was dropping to a seriously low level, I was generally exhausted, my cancer was quite advanced, and there was no prospect of being cured, it became no longer advisable to try other treatments.  At this time, I am only taking vitamins. My CA125 cancer count had been doubling each month for about nine months and now is expected to be at least 1000. 

When Ovarian Cancer is no long in remission

 

A couple of days ago I had an appointment with my cancer doctor. It was obvious that my body is no longer responding to the Lynparza chemo drug which I've been taking for the last year to prevent my cancer from returning. The doctor explained that this often happens after taking Lynparza for that long. It has been losing its effectiveness for some time. It only took six months after I stopped having chemo treatments for the cancer to begin returning. At first we hoped that it might remain completely in remission for five years, but that hope faded as my cancer count continued to climb.