A Little Dose’ll Do You
Or at least I hope so. And honestly, I believe so. While on vacation I drastically lowered my dose of Lynparza to just 100 mg a day, taken before bed. My energy level soared. But then I came home, went back on my 400 a day and despite getting a great night’s sleep, by 10 am I was ready for a nap. So with a CA-125 of 9 (yay!) I went to see my oncologist today ready to discuss lowering my dose, but before I could even bring it up, she did. We discussed the fact that no one really knows what the best dose of Lynparza is, but she feels it is so effective I could look at lowering my dose. She suggested 100 mg in the morning and 200 at night. I readily agreed. We also discussed my weight gain. While I had gained quite a bit of weight pre-diagnosis, I am still tipping the scales at close to 20 pounds more than before the tumors started to make me look like I was six months pregnant. I know from years of being a Weight Watchers lifetime member the only way I lose weight and keep it off i