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Peritoneal Cancer
Archives for September 2013
Discussion List
Gem Carbo Chemotherapy & Avastin Experiences Anyone
Hello everyone. Ive been follwing this forum for the last 12 months since my wife (70yr) was diagnosed with PPC. She had 6 Chemotherapy sessions which ended in Feb this year 2013 and after a routine scan we have founf that the cancer is back but not in any of the organs. After seeing the specialists today he has told us…
New to website
HI. I am so thankful to have found this site!!! Julie, Carole and everyone's posts have been so helpful. I have finished 6 rounds of Taxol/Carbo/Avastin for a quite advanced cancer. I am a 15 year breast cancer survivor stage 3 treated on a clinical trial in 1998. This new cancer is not bc, but having a difficult time…
Results of PET Scan
Hi Everyone, I got the results of my PET scan yesterday. It wasn't the best news. I have developed some new cancer in the abdominal area. One being a tumor about an inch long which is in my incision hernia. Also there are several enlarged lymph nodes. At least it is all contained in the abdominal area so that was a plus. I…
Update
Hi everyone, Sorry I haven't posted for a while. I have been in hospital for 12 days, home this morning, as I was neutropenic and had an MRSA (golden staph) infection which was in my blood. All good now thankfully after IV antibiotics and wonderful care from my medical team. Some good news too - my latest CA125 has dropped…
N.E.D.! Whoopee!
No evidence of disease: how long I've waited to hear that. Saw the surgeon for follow-up today. He was talking around that designation, so I asked what it takes to be NED. "You have no clinical evidence of disease," he said. "In my notes I'll be describing you as NED." The benchmark CA125 cancer tumor marker has gone up a…
I HAVE A DREAM...
...that one day we will have a pink heart shape pill that cures all cancers and our biggest complaint will be that it comes only in 6 different flavors. Please, join me in this dream and until then god bless us with nothing but happy hopeful days. Laz
My father has ppc... Chance of operation?
Hi there! My father has recently been diagnosed with ppc. This was after a several week long process with doctors who did not know (and still doesnt) anything about this disease. The doctors are in the process of deciding wheter he is a candidate for the hipec operation. But they are not giving us much information on his…