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Having Chemo
I've had trouble getting to and posting to the board, but it looks good today, so here I go! I started chemo this past Monday (11/9) -I.V. taxol on Monday, I.P. cisplatin on Tuesday, and Monday (11/16) I had I.V. taxol. I feel pretty good right now, but the steroids will run out soon! I have an appointment to see a surgeon…
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lymphedema
For a long time, my right leg has been swollen from the ankle to the knee. My oncologist said it was the cancerous lymph nodes not allowing the lymph system to drain properly. He recommended that I wear a compression stocking, and keep my legs elevated as much as possible. I'm still recovering from the hernia surgery, but…
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Update
Good Afternoon Friends!! This is my 5th time of not having chemo on schedule today! But I have had it 7 times now, with 7 more to go (7 cycles suppose to be twice a month). Even with the Neumega shots 3-5 times a week, my platelets do not always recover in 13 days to have chemo again. The Neulasta works great for the white…
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H1N1 Vaccine
Hi, I have type IIC ovarian cancer and am currently undergoing chemo treatments, in fact I am half way finished! But my question is my oncologist suggested that if I can get a hold of the H1N1 vaccine, it might be a good idea to go ahead and get it. I did have the "regular" flu shot earlier in the season. With all the hype…
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Not good news:
Hello friends: Last week I posted that i was having fluid drained and a biopsy taken on Wednesday. I found out on Friday that the fluid in the ascites was positive. The tissue samples were negative. I start my secong round of Chemo tomorrow I am platinum resistant so I will have Carbo, and gemzar? Have any of you had this?…
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Bowel Procedure
My mom has been in the hospital for a week now. She had a tube inserted and it was taken out on Wednesday or Thursday last week. A GI doctor came in to tell her about a procedure that she should think about having. My mom has had many bowel obstructions since May. The doctor did say that the tumor is pressing against her…
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Up-Date on Breast cancer with mass on ovary.
Hello Everyone, I'm a Breast Cancer survivors who ,after having and ultra sound had a mass on my right ovary. Well to make a long story short I had a Hysterectomy on November 3, the mass turn out to be a Teratoma cysts, and it was benign. I have been thanking God since the doctor told me and I'm going to continue to thank…
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bonnie thomas
i need some one to tell me about avastion and doxial please might be getting it . thanks bonnie
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stories so different
Well I'm off the EC145/Doxil research study as my CA125 was up and the CT showed over 20% progression that research would not allow for me to continue. I was a bit bummed as had gone on vactaion for a week and feeling better and bulge on abdomen was smaller. Checked with dr and he didn't know what it was or why smaller to…
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Checking in
I had my fourth dose of carbo yesterday for my recurring tumor on the colon. For the first time, I had a reaction at the end of the dose. My nose stuffed up, I turned red, ears, palms, and between my legs started itching. I called the oncology nurse over and then I had three nursed checking and hanging bags of benedryl,…
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scheduled CSN outage tonight
The site will be down tonight from 1:00 to 5:00 a.m Eastern Daylight Time for scheduled maintenance. Greta Your CSN staff
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Green 50 (Sandy)
Has anyone heard from Sandy (Green50). I would like to know how she is doing. She hasn't posted in a long time. Hugs and Prayers, Terry
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SPAMMED AGAIN!
As many of you, I'd been trying to post the last couple of weeks and met up with lots of problems. So, to everyone out there, just want you to know I'm reading it all and tried to respond but it didn't work. I know the CSN team was busy working on it and posting is better - obviously, because we're getting tons of SPAM…
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Mom looks defeated..what to say??
Objectively, she has been doing great under the circumstances. She can't gain weight, no that is what I am doing eating all the high calorie foods I purchase for her. Today she woke up wit a ciatica?? back pain and she is just acting like a bit of a powerless person...Now I don't know if it has anything to do with my…