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Ovarian Cancer

Archives for August 2008

Hi Everyone
Hi Everyone, This is my first post as I just joined today. I had surgery in July for what my gynocologist thought was just a really big cyst (26x19x10). That turned out to be stage Ic Ovarian cancer. I was very fortunate that it started to hurt enough to make me go in. I started chemo about 2 1/2 weeks ago and have my…
Home
Hi Everyone, I am home, we came home yesterday and Toby will be home today. We had some hard news on Thursday, the cancer has grown. I see my gyn/onc on Sept 11th and have labs the next couple weeks at Fairview Northland in Princeton, only 25 miles from me. Hopefully my body will start producing new blood cells and I won't…
In the dark
hello, im new to this site ive been doing a lil searching on this subject since my sister has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer stag 3c. Now here is where the darkness comes my sister is my twin identical and no one knows that she has this she hasnt told anyone not even me. how i know well lets just say i found some…
Da Vinci hysterectomy surgery
Hi Everyone...Meeting with the doc tomorrow to discuss my upcoming surgery and his nurse told me when she gave me a reminder call, that the doctor was thinking about doing this surgery for me. So I went right to the internet to see what I could about it. My question to all of you is ...have any of you had this type of…
b-17
has anyone had any experience with b-17. I met a guy with lung cancer at chemo yesterday that raved about it so just wanting to see if anyone else heard of it. I know it has cyanide from apricot seeds in it.
side effects of Mitoxantrone for advanced OC
Anyone had this drug? I have some serious edema in foot and of all places, the vulva or outer vagina. Doc will probably answer as to what's next, tomorrow, but I'm searching for answers in the community. Wrote a longer post, only to lose it when the my page dealy needed updating. Anyway, I've been having one chemo after…
I guess I should have started with, "I'm new here" instead of digging in without an introduction.
Anyway, yes I'm new here. I've answered some posts and done a lot of reading of the posts - in that order. I don't regret answering the posts before reading...and that isn't usually the case. I often times "stick my foot in my mouth." I live in VA, just outside of Washington, DC. I've been 'sickly' for many years, but just…
Mouth Sores from Chemo
I am 55 and was diagnosed with Stage 3 C ovarian cancer a year and a half ago. They took everything they could in my abdominal cavity during 7 hours of surgery. I received the standard chemo combination once every three weeks for a total of 6. I thought I was doing well until my one year checkup where the doctor found a…
paclitaxel and pancreas /liver damage
I had OC 12/07 stage 4 grade 3 . Had debulking surgery 02/08 and completed 6 rounds of Carboplatin and Paclitaxel in 05/08 . IN july 08 I found to have high blood sugar and high cholesterol ( both of which was normal for years on yearly checks , last check done on 06/07) So the assumption is the pancreatic and liver damage…
A bit over whelmed
Hello all.. I am new to this site and I guess looking for a place to feel normal for a bit. I am 23 years old and was diganosed with ovarian fibro sarcoma. Origanlly it was thought to be a cist the size of a grape fruit on my ovary. During the first surgery they removed the growth, and when the results came back I was back…
CA-125 Dropping
I found out last week that my CA-125 reading has dropped to 184 (from 284), thanks, I guess, to the tamoxifen I'm taking. I must admit I had my doubts, but my reading was 279 in June, 284 in July, and now 184. I will see the gyn/onc early in September, so I'll come back with what his observation is (he's the one who…
Has anyone heard of Bonnie?
Does anyone have news of how she's been. Tks. Liz
Update on Jenna~ sorry its been a while...
Hello Ladies: Its Jesse her fiance as most of you know...Jennas treatments werent going very well at all. Her body pretty much rejected everything and we were told she was terminal a couple of weeks ago, well the other day she collapsed (shes been having problems with headaches and her legs just all of a sudden giving out…
Yeast
Hi ladies, I was just curious if any of you had problems pryor to be dx with ovarian cancer with yeast or if any of you had taken many antibiotics over the years pryor to (maybe in excess) Just doing a little research. I am sick of chemo.... I have been taking 2 years now with short break in Jan. 07. My body is so tired of…
Incredible shrinking cyst.......?
Hello everyone, well I saw the surgeon today and he did an exam and had trouble feeling the cyst so he did an ultrasound. Guess what? It actually went from 10cms down to just 3cm in just a few days! He said he may not remove it---just re-check it in a week or so. He does not think it was the estring that raised the…
Latest update.....
Hello everyone! Well the doc called today with tumor marker result. It is normal(17.6). I was so relieved I actually started crying. I think the last 2 weeks of worry have taken a toll. I have lost a clothing size from not eating/sleeping. He said that the test can give false negative/positives though and therefore the…
ovarian cancer undifferentiated
this is what I have. the doctor said it might be harder to treat. I am going for my third carbo/taxol treatment monday. just wondering if anyone else had this or knew about it. Laura
ovarian cancer undifferentiated
this is what I have. the doctor said it might be harder to treat. I am going for my third carbo/taxol treatment monday. just wondering if anyone else had this or knew about it. Laura
hello
just up and hubby still sleeping. I woke up because I bit my tongue...ouch. .... Feeling good, my wbc is still at zero but that is normal. Hopefully joshua's killer are eating up the cancer while my system is down. I have dropped 6lbs from the nausea I had for several days, hope it doesnt' find me again. The nausea or the…
My Sister Carol!
Altho Carol and me were born on June 30, Carol celebrates a bigger milestone on July 30! Carol is an ovarian cancer survivor 3 years and doing good! At 14, Carol developed ulcerative colitis, and our parents and her were told all thru her life her chances of developing colon cancer were high. Every year after the age of…

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