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Hysterectomy aftereffects
I am a 28 yr old woman who had a hysterectomy because of ovarian cancer. I was wondering if anyone was experencing any effects of loss of feeling like a "woman" because of the surgery? I am and I totally feel alone in this matter and I feel scared. If anyone could offer help and support please feel free. Thank you,…
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Simple Cysts After Menopause
I am 43 years old. My mother died from Ovarian Cancer at the age of 53 - one week after her diagnosis. She also had two brothers with colon cancer. My doctor does a transvaginal ultrasound on me every year followed by a regular exam and CA-125 six months later. I have been having some worrisome symptoms for a few weeks now…
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Ovarian cancer
My sister was told 6 months ago she had cancer on her left ovary (I just found out) nothing has been done to treat this so far. I have taken her to another Doctor and he has offered the following: remove the left ovary through the vagina in an outpatient center and her recovery will be 7-10 days!!!! All help is apprectiated
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Thanks for the welcome
I would like to thank all the kind ladies who welcomed me...hopefully I won't be looking at a recurrence. I am having a CT Scan 10/02 so we'll see. Lately I've been having a pain on my right side, sometimes it's sharp and other times it's a dull ache...it hurts to breathe in at times. So I'll be happy to do this CT…
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HELLO to all, I'm new here
Hi everyone, I'm new to this group. I was dx. 11/04 with OVCA stage 3c. I have had 12 chemos-6 carbo/taxol and 6 Doxil for refractory disease. My last chemo was 1/06 and my ca-125 in 3/06 was 5.1. Now however it is going back up, last ca-125 was 15.8 which is my highest ever except for pre-surgery when it was 204.…
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HIDA SCAN
Has anyone every had this type of scan before? It's to check for gall bladder problems. I know I will be injected with contrast, and that the test will take about 4 hours. But my doctor told me they would take films, then have me eat sometime, then take more films. The hospital said there was no eating involved. So, just…
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ca125 result
Hi Everyone, I just wanted to share the amazing news. My ca125 is at 10 now. It has not been at 10 since 2003. Do you believe it? I have one more avastin treatment and a couple weeks of the daily cytoxan and then I am finished with treatment. October 26th will be my next appt with gyn/onc and ctscan. Just had to share the…
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Chemotherapy & High Doses of Vitamins
Hello, I recently saw a Holistic doctor who perscribed a lot of different vitamins in high doses. My gyne onocologist said i should only take the FDA reccommended dosage because she doesn't know if taking mega vitamins will increase the growth of the cancer. I feel very much at a loss...cancer has spread to my lymph nodes…
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Had my 7th chemo!
Hi everyone. Well, I just wanted to let you know that the doctor went ahead with the 7th, plus they gave me a shot of Aranesp (spelling). They said the shot would cause bone pain & flu-like symptoms. But, I found out more about the marker numbers. I asked why the numbers were just dropping 7 points now. He said they look…
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New CA-125 number
Hi everyone. I couldn't wait until tomorrow, so I called my nurse and found out that my CA-125 dropped 7 points after chemo #6, and is now 25. I hope my blood count is up enough to get to have chemo #7 tomorrow. Two years ago, after six chemos, my CA-125 was at 18. Do you guys think the next two will just drop it a couple…
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MRI update
Goodmorning everyone, I received the MRI report in the mail. It said as far as the headache it was good, but that it showed I had small vessel ischemic disease of the white matter. Always something going on, we deal with the cancer ongoing that we forget sometimes about the rest of our bodies. I almost finished with the…