please help me! Moms OVCA IIIC (on cisplatin chemo) stomach has quite a pooch- ascites?

[LILLIAN577]

My mom had debulking end of July has had 4 rounds of cisplatin her ca 125 has gone down from 135 to 57, but..... her abdomen is round and quite scary when standing. When she lies down it is flat. Im so concerned, somwetimes she wakes up and has pain the percocets work pretty good. Sometimes I dont understand the ascites. Her last chemo was 11 days ago shouldnt it have helped? Im so worried i cant stand it.

[melenzbee83]

Hi,
Can i ask if the cisplatin is done through IV or IP? I has cisplatin thats all through IP (port in my abdominal area) 6 whole litres if it each time- my oncologist said that bloating in the worst part of this chemo, can be extremely uncomfortable and takes ages to go down! I finished chemo on 1st of september and my stomach is still not back to normal yet. It would also be useful to ensure that her bowels are moving every day- movicol and pear juice are great for this and a CT scan wouldnt hurt either if your really worried. Mine showed that my ureters were dilated so i actually had to get stints put in to help myt kidney and bladder out-since then i have drained a lot of excess fluid from all parts of my body. Maybe your mum also just has excess fluid- it all takes time.

Dont be too alarmed i would think it is a side affect of the cisplatin as it was for me- not cancer. I too got severe abdominal pain every now and then but was from debulking surgery, scar tissue, chemo etc. Good luck :)

[junamgen]

is it really ascites or the gas ?  How is her bowel movement?

jun