How did you feel after treatment?

So I finished my treatment at the end of marsh, after six weeks induction chemotherapy, six weeks combined chemotherapy and radiation (28 times) and five brachytherapie sessions.

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Immediately after treatment I still had issues with taste buds, bladder/bowel issues, discharge, sleeplessness and a lot of hot flushes.

They had relocated my ovaries and took out my fallopian tubes before the treatment.

After a few weeks I had mostly recovered, but still experienced some occasional hot flushes, mostly in the second half of the day.

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I had some really nice weeks in which I felt really good and energised, but that changed after 2-3 weeks and since then I have soreness in my muscles and joint paint everywhere and constantly, without having done anything that could have caused it.

Did something experience that too? It might be hormonal issues, I am still unsure how my ovaries are doing after everything, I still have some hot flushes as well.

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I just had my first MRI after treatment and all looks ok so far, but there is still something left on my cervix and it is the same size as it was in the last MRI which was taken in January after the induction chemo (that was because another hospital needed to do the brachy and they wanted current scans for that to prepare my case). My tumor had already decreased a lot at this point.

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They assume now that it had already been "killed" at this point because it would be so unusual if the main therapy didn't do a thing, after the induction chemo worked so well. I hate how concerned this makes me feel still. Can anyone relate?

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The radiologist also noted that he found no ovaries, it is unclear though, if he looked everywhere or just where they would normally be, my oncologist will ask and inform me next week, so I can take that information to my gyn.

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Had anyone else had the relocation of the ovaries and did they work after treatment or did you go into menopause regardless? Did anyone alse experience these joint and muscle pains?

How long did it took you to recover overall?

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