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Ovarian Cancer

Archives for December 2008

Update on therapy for extending remission period
I finished my chemo today!! CA-125 from last week was 6 and a CT scan is scheduled for January. Got a statin prescription from my internist after I gave him some info from my research on their anti-cancer properties. I loved the price - $10 for a hundred tablets. My oncologist and I discussed using anti-estrogen therapy…
Back to normal!?
Hi everyone, I went back to work yesterday! I was pretty tired by the end of my shift (nursing assistant in a nursing home), but I made it. I have two more days to go, then I get a couple off. Hopefully I can make all three days of this set. It's nice to get back to normal, and in two months I get insurance through my…
My Moms CA125 is down to 89 from 1575, but I still have questions.
Hello everyone, My Mom was diagnosed with stg4 ovarian cancer around 6-8 months ago, I loose track of time. In the beginning she had to have fluid pulled off her lungs (plura) about 4 times before it got under control. She had a partial hysto in 1970, but they left her ovaries. She has had around 8 chemo's and her CA125…
BRACA
Good Afternoon Lady Friends, I have not been online since about December 13th or so. Had some catching up to do with several posts, some wonderful and some makes my heart break. Got to sing in the cantata Christmas Eve both services with my daughter-in-law and niece. What a blessing! Also had our daughter and her family…
Should I not be eating sugar??
Hello friends, I've noticed while reading through the posts that many of you are saying "no sugar". Have your Dr.'s told you to cut sugar out of your diet? Mine has never mentioned it; and I am a sugar-holic, now facing my 3rd recurrence. (yes, it's back again. I meet with the Dr. the end of Jan to discuss chemo #3).…
need prayers for mom-in-law
My mother in law is going in tomorrow am for a hysterectomy. she had a biopsy of a tumor in her uterus and it showed high grade undifferientiated sarcoma. she is very obese and not in very good health so they are going to try doing it lapriscopicly(spelled wrong) with robotic arms. I read these post everyday because I have…
Raging Doxil Rash
I've had my 3rd treatment of Doxil. I had 8 treatments of Carbo/Taxol.Has anyone had a bad reaction to Doxil. I am sunburned, blistered and sore all under my armpits, on my breast and under my breast. Also on my elbows.I don't dare put a bra on.I take short luke warm showers.I also use ice when I'm getting treatment.I've…
Wishes
Hello to All my Friends here on the board.....Well, I had my surgery last Tuesday at UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh. That hospital is one of the best I have ever been in. Everyone takes the time to answer questions. And the views at night are awesome. I met many other cancer patients, heard many stories. I have an incision from…
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
I want to wish all of you the Merriest of Christmases, and the most Hopeful, Joyous and Healthy New Year yet! My thoughts are bittersweet, as I know many of you are going through a great deal right now, and that this year has been trying, tiring and challenging. To you I say, may you find peace and hope regardless of your…
Wishing each and everyone a Blessed and Peaceful Christmas
Hey girls! It's been a while since I've been here. I didn't realize that it had been so long until I began reading the postings. Boy have I been out of touch. My daughter-in-law opened a little sandwich shop in October and I help her out a couple of hours a day Tues.-Fri. Our youngest son who is stationed in Germany with…
Fluid retention after finishing chemo
Hi everyone, Just when I thought I was going to be done for awhile, I ran into a new wrinkle. Has anyone else had trouble with fluid retention/swelling a couple of weeks after finishing a set of taxol/carbo? I felt worse on my 6th treatment than on any of the previous ones, more nausea, aches, etc. That one was three weeks…
what are some signs
hi i never been in here before i have breast stage 3. node pos and take arimidex. i feel full down there all the time. i had a paps done last month dr said everything was fine i did my chemo taxatere and cytoxin 4 treatments every three wks. i have had a few uti's but dr says now everything is ok. i just feel funny down…
Breuss Diet - anybody done it
Hi there, This is Jeremy, some of you may have remembered my wife Angela from postings earlier in the year. Well things have not gone well for us, all the chemo's have not worked and we have run out of options medically. The tumors have grown to the extent that Angela now has a partial bowl obstruction which is causing her…
More Cancer and No Chemo
We were home early from my Dr visit at the U and chemo was cancelled because of the allergic reaction I had last time. They said it would only get worse and my air passages would swell shut on me. Plus my ca125 went up again and the ct-scan showed that not only did the previous areas grow but there was new tumor growth. My…
Just found this site today
I had a TAH on November 3,2008 for Stage 3 Ovarian Cancer. I had an IP port inserted three weeks later and started chemo treatments on December 9th and 10th. I received IV taxol over a period of 24 hours on the 9th and IP cisplatin on the 10th. I was supposed to go outpatient on the 16th for IP taxol but my doctor…
Mother-in-law diagnosed with ovarian CA
I'm new to the forum and have to say that I'm so impressed with the amount of support and information that is available here. My mother-in-law was diagnosed in August with what they thought was stage 1 ovarian CA. Now they have changed their diagnosis to 2 or even 3 (how this happens I'm not sure). Anyway, she's getting…
New test for early detection early stage OVCA?
Hi ladies, anyone know of this test? My friend in England is having recurrent breast cancer and would like to get this test. Her doc in England has told her/alluded to the fact that this is available in the States. Anyone know anything, or where to find out? She is going to NY in Jan and would like to get it. She doesn't…
Update on Joanne
Hello ladies, I know I haven't been on the board alot lately,I have not been feeling up to much of anything lately. I'm currently on Navelbine,which is by far the worse chemo I have ever been on!! As a matter of fact I told the Onc I needed off for a bit to regain some strength and weight. Since this remission was only 9…
Good check for me, not for my friend
Hi everyone! First the good stuff. My CA-125 is 11.3, WOOHOO and AMEN. Monday I will see the Gyne-onc and get the next 3 month pass. January 7th will be one year since diagnosis. I met a great lady through my doctor who helped me through peritoneal taxol and cisplatin. She had just completed the treatment when I started.…
New Here
Hi all, I have already received so much encouragement from reading your posts. You are such heroic women! I am 48 years old. I was diagnosed on November 7th with Stage 2 OvCa. I was going in for what was supposed to be a 1 hour laproscopic to remove my ovaries and fallopian tubes, which turned out to be a 5.5 hour total…
Hair hassles
My hair started falling out last Thursday. It all happened so fast, and a lot was coming out. Like many on here, I ended up shaving it all off (on Tuesday.) Unfortunately, my insurance company is being a pain in the butt. They told me I could not get a wig unless my PCP preauthorized it...they would not accept the…
relief from Doxil rash
My sister is about to have her 2nd treatment of Doxil. I'm glad I found this site because I was able to tell her the rash she has is normal. She tried aloe (broke a piece off the plant and rubbed it on) and she said it worked great and the rash is going away. It took away the itch also.
Femara working!!!!
I had my appointment with the gyn/onc this morning and got the results of the CA-125 from Monday which had dropped from 83 to 46 in the last month. So I got an early Christmas Present in getting to continue the estrogen blocker pill instead of starting chemo again for now. Whoopee!!!! PTL!!! Still not physical signs and I…
Newly Diagnosed
Hello Ladies...Well, I don't know if any of you will remember me, but I will recap briefly... I joined the forum way back in 2005 for my Mom who had end stage ovarian cancer. I was her caregiver for the 18 months she survived. Last October I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Took care of it via a lumpectomy, and 36…
Has anyone experienced facial hair growth after treatment?
My sister stopped treatment in September and just now is growing hair back on her head...but unfortunately also on her face! Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks for any help on this. Gail
Worried about a diagnosis...
My sister is an ovarian cancer survivor of almost 6 years now. She was diagnosed with a germ cell cancer at the age of 24 and during the past 6 years underwent numerous surgeries to remove the cancer and eventually have a full hysterectomy. Last year there were pre-cancerous cells found in her breast and so she took the…
White Count
Well, I still cannot take Hexalen as this time my count was 2.5. I have not had chemo since August 4th and only had one cycle of Hexalen from October 20-November 2. So you would think by now my white count would be normal. I was to start Hexalen for 2nd cycle November 17th, but until my white count is a 3 or higher she…

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