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Ovarian Cancer

Archives for November 2005

hi, looking for guidance
My sister has ovarian cancer which was diagnosed 2 years ago. In the beginning we thought she was going to beat it without a doubt, but now I'm not too sure. She has had a few surgeries and has gone through 4 different chemo medications. She is allergic to the last 2 and her CA-125 count keeps rising. She is in a lot of…
taxotere. My mom has a reoccurance
Hi Everybody, Happy Thanksgiving to all! I posted a couple of weeks ago about my mom 's rising CA -125. The doctors at Columbia Pres. did a CT-Scan. They found two lesions on the liver. It is back to chemotherapy. My mom feels healthy and great so we are so shocked it came back. It just sucks that she has to go through…
Emotional Mess
I went to a friend's daughter's wedding on the week-end. Everyone was so pround and said it was such a milestone because I have not been out socially since April. BUT it was the saddest night of my life. I looked at my beautiful two sons with their gorgeous girlfriends and all I could think was "am I going to be at their…
Sugery for Ovarian Cancer
It is recommended that patients with ovarian cancer undergo aggressive de-bulking surgery up front, prior to chemotherapy. It has long been observed that those patients whose tumors can be resected without any visible residual disease tend to live longer than those who are left with residual tumor after de-bulking surgery.…
Single Agent Carboplatin
Single Agent Carboplatin For First-Line Ovarian Cancer Single-agent carboplatin is acceptable as first-line chemotherapy for ovarian cancer, with its superior toxicity profile and equivalent survival benefit compared with other regimens, according to the results of a randomized trial reported in the August 17, 2002 issue…
My Sister...
Hello Everyone, I am a BC survivor but I'm trying to gather information for my sister who doesn't have a computer.About a week and a half ago she started experiencing swelling in her abdomen-she went to her regular Doctor yesterday(Monday)they did a ct scan and they called her back to be there today at 9am.-they said it…
a whole new experience
Hello everyone. Recently in my anatomy class, my teacher handed everyone an envelope and inside each person received a diagnosis for a chronic illness, and we were asked to spend the remainder of the semester simulating the experience of having that particular condition. I was "diagnosed" with ovarian cancer. I have been…
Dr appointment and new study
Goodmorning, I saw the oncologist yesterday and was told I do have many new areas of cancer ranging in size from about 1cm to a little over 2cm. I was given a couple options of treatment, one is a new research study group. I chose the study group. The drug is docetaxel(taxotere). It is not a new drug and is used for…
best wishes to you all
Hi I mailed you all a while back telling you the my mams story. I just wanted to mail to send everyone best wishes and hope they are doing ok. Also i am so appreciative of this website, i live in ireland and over the past few weeks have been doing some research in to ovarian cancer here. We have in ireland a support group…
afraid of recurrance
Is anyone else in the limbo of remission, watching that ca 125 and wondering what now, what next, and what's normal? The pain of neuropathy in the feet is slowly subsiding but the numbness at 3 mos after chemo, is persistant. I pray, eat supplements, walk, have joined a group, do visual imagery and read about diet and…
Tealribbon
I am just wondering if anyone has heard from Sandi? I have sent her emails via CSN mail but no response and I never did get any other email address for her. I know she was not doing well the last time she posted. If you don't want to leave a message on the board would you please email me. If you have an address for her I…

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