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Peritoneal Cancer

Archives for June 2012

My wife is diagnosed with Peritoneal Cancer Stage III - we are scared
Hi all, My wife, age 49, was diagnosed with Peritoneal Cancer Stage III three weeks ago. She had bloating and swelled abdomen, went to family physician for checkup. Physician sends her to ER and after CT scan news was revealed to us. We have four girls and younger is 12 years old. Then she went for surgery for remove her…
update on mum
Hi all, Well this thing really is like a roller coaster! As you may know, mum is not having any more chemo and we are taking each day as it comes, we desperatly want her to feel better now she is off the chemo but it is not how we expected things to be, mum is on anti sickness meds and Morphine patches, she has just…
surgery to remove blockage done
Hi all! At last, after a few times at the emergency and after months of vomiting and pain, mum´s got her blockage removed from her intestines... yay! How difficult could it be? But at last. And while they were "in there" they cleaned up as much as they could and she also got her pain kill pump installed as epidural…
Changing screen name
Hi all... I just wanted to say that I've changed my screen name to Patsie D. I initially called myself wanttogetwellsoon and was quite happy with that at the time though I did get a message from one of us gently asking me to change it. It's started to get me down so I've bitten the bullet and used the name I feel most…
Pain in Stomach - CT scanned shows large grey area in the omentum - having biopsy
I was reading everything about the omentum & am very scared right now. I have a biopsy next week to find out what's going on. Could the gray area really be cancer - my surgeon said it could be anything - even inflamation. Any ideas? THe pain in my stomach is weird, it only hurts if pressured it applied on that area. But I…
Recurrence
I found this leaflet incredibly useful... http://ovariancanada.org/OCC-PDFs/RECURRENCE_FINAL
Low Grade anyone?
I have been diagnosed with stage 4 low grade PPC. Have had 6 chemo treatments with Carbo/Taxol. I am wondering if anyone else out there has the same diagnosis.
Low Grade anyone?
I have been diagnosed with stage 4 low grade PPC. Have had 6 chemo treatments with Carbo/Taxol. I am wondering if anyone else out there has the same diagnosis.
Tina?
Hi Tina, How are you doing? Mum is probably in or about the same phase as you and I am thinking of you as my mums treatment goes along. If you have time, please send a note. /sophie
Omentum cancer diagnosis
Hi there, I have been diagnosed with omentum cancer. My oncologist stated that surgery is not an option, but I am wondering a couple of things that perhaps one of you might kindly take the time to answer... 1. Is Omentum and Peritoneal cancer the same thing? 2. Is it terminal? My DR. stated treatment would be chemo therapy…
CA125
My CA125 has always been normal but I have advanced lowgrade PPC. Does anyone else have this? I find it very scary that my disease is so difficult to monitor.
Ileocecal Valve Syndrome
I had appendix cancer in 2007. I had a debulking surgery that included a right hemicolectomy. Last year, I started having horrible constipation alternating with out of control diarrhea. after much testing, I found a gastro dr who told me what the problem was. When they removed part of my colon, they removed the ileocecal…
Ileocecal Valve Syndrome
I had appendix cancer in 2007. I had a debulking surgery that included a right hemicolectomy. Last year, I started having horrible constipation alternating with out of control diarrhea. after much testing, I found a gastro dr who told me what the problem was. When they removed part of my colon, they removed the ileocecal…
Ileocecal Valve Syndrome
I had appendix cancer in 2007. I had a debulking surgery that included a right hemicolectomy. Last year, I started having horrible constipation alternating with out of control diarrhea. after much testing, I found a gastro dr who told me what the problem was. When they removed part of my colon, they removed the ileocecal…
Ileocecal Valve Syndrome
I had appendix cancer in 2007. I had a debulking surgery that included a right hemicolectomy. Last year, I started having horrible constipation alternating with out of control diarrhea. after much testing, I found a gastro dr who told me what the problem was. When they removed part of my colon, they removed the ileocecal…

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