Bevacizumab and Tiredness: What Users Say

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 4, 2012

Bevacizumab for Glioblastoma Multiforme "After my mom's glioblastoma didn't respond to Temodar/radiation, she was put on Avastin, once every two weeks. After four treatments, the tumor has shrunk by 65%! My mom is very tired though, that is the main side effect she is experiencing. She takes several naps every day but is otherwise completely fine. We are currently seven months from her diagnosis."

• suv...
• August 17, 2015

Bevacizumab for Ovarian Cancer "My mother is 56 years old. She has been diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer for the last one year. She went through surgery followed by 6 chemotherapy cycles and had no signs of tumors or malignancy after the first 5 months of chemotherapy. On May 15, there were no signs of cancer coming back, but it appeared dramatically in the last week of July. Our doctors suggested we take Avastin. After reading and being counseled about the fatal side effects this medicine can probably have on a patient, we were scared to give it to her. But we finally decided to use the drug, and she absorbed the medicine nicely, without any signs of considerable side effects except being very tired all the time. I shall be sharing the results once we get another CT done."

• Dut...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• May 23, 2019

For Cervical Cancer "I'm 39. I want to share my treatment story with you so other women will know there is hope. I was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2017. I had a radical hysterectomy done, but in mid-2018, I was diagnosed with secondary cervical cancer. I had 10 different cancers all over my body. They gave me not longer than 6 months to live. They gave me chemotherapy for palliative care. They also gave me bevacizumab. All my cancers were gone, but they wanted me to stay on it for a whole year. They want me to continue for as long as it keeps my cancers under control. I don't have many side effects, but I'm very tired and not able to do much. But I'm so thankful I'm alive, and I live it to the fullest."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 3, 2013

Bevacizumab for Ovarian Cancer "I had sores in my mouth, hands turning dark inside and cracking in the skin. I am tired, and I have nose bleeding, but not enough for medical treatment."