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re-shave after hair grows back??
Hi All, Just a quick question for anyone who's hair is coming back (or has in the past as the case may be)... Mine's just coming in (1/4 inch or so of delightful fuzz) but i've heard that it may be a good idea to shave it again at this stage?? Don't really know the thinking behind it but i assume it's something about the…
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Fuzzy Hair In Public
I did it! I went out in public with my fuzzy head. My hair is about 1/2 inch long and it is too hot to wear wigs or scarves. So I went to Tractor Supply, Target, Panera Bread today without headgear. I free so brave and free! Mary
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I Am Pretty Sure It Is Back
Good Morning, I started having rectal pressure and could not move my bowels about a month ago. Some rectal pain. CA-125 went from 5 to 7 in 2 monthes. Had a check-up with ob/gyn oncologist. He said everything checked out fine. Just this week I have been very tired with no energy. Have been sleeping alot. Still have rectal…
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update on my Mom
Hey, haven't been on here in about a week or so. Just thought I would update ya'll on my Mom. She goes back to Houston tomorrow for her 2nd carbo/taxol treatment on Monday. This past week has been tough on her. She started losing her hair. At first she just had my sister cut it off to where it was about an inch all over.…
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Checking in...
Has anyone heard from AZgrandma? worried about her. Also, Dorion- how are you feeling?
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I have fuzz!!!!!
Even though I am getting Taxol monthly for maintenance, I can feel fuzz growing on my head! And my eyebrows! If I don't have to go back on a stronger cocktail, maybe I will have real hair in a few months! Too early to tell what the texture might be, but I can already see that it's gray on top and dark in back. I can fix…
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Saundra: Saturday morning
Hi, husband Joe here. Saundra rested well last night (Friday). Her white count is elevated, so she's on two antibiotics and will remain in the hospital at least two more days. This morning she had her catheter removed (hooray!). She's to remain on a soft diet until bowels completely return to normal. Your posts are a great…
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Boyfriend isn't supporting me
I am going through my 2nd round of chemo.....stage 2 ovarian cancer. I had my first treatment yesterday and my boyfriend was there for me. I feel terrible today; headache, nausea, exhausted. I ask my boyfriend to come home after work and he calls me 'dramatic' and tells me he is going to have beers with friends. What…
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Saundra: Friday update
Hello, ladies. This is Saundra's husband Joe. Her fifth day in hospital at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas. Today she was able to get up and walk three times (with a walker). The doctors say she is progressing nicely. She has no appetite, just nibbles a little. We have had instruction from the stoma nurse on changing…
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Latest scans show NED
Hello to all, My latest Ct scans show NED. CA 125 is 16.5 vs 637 last Nov..I have had 6 chemo treatments over the past 5 months Due to widespread amts of cancer cells and size of tumor when i was first operated on,the decision was made at that time not to remove anything, instead to set up the chemotherapy regimen..I have…
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Had my Cat scan yesterday
Good news, I am dancing with NED I feel so blessed,and happy for my son and daughter to get this good news. Love to you all Oska
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Update on Bonnie-great news!
I'm not sure Bonnie wants the whole post from Caring Bridge posted, so the big highlight states that "I may be home as early as tomorrow evening;for sure Sat. morning." (I'm not sure all go to that site to check.) Isn't that amazing? She said as of yesterday, she only had an IV antobiotic left, no NG tube! (Wow, I hated…
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Yay me! (A blatant bit of plagiarism from Jen Lancaster)
Had my labs yesterday......hemoglobin was down to an 8, so they sent me in bright and early this morning for two yummy pints of packed red blood cells. I'm pretty sure I will be coming back as a vampire in my next life. Got my CA 125 results, though, and it was a little, tiny SIX. I couldn't be happier if I looked at the…
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Little bit of a fun poll...been daydreaming lately in my spare time!
Hi ladies and some gents! I figured I would try and add a little fun to my posts. Since going through this cancer experience with Mom and meeting all of you, I now tend to spend alot of time online...whether researching cancer treatments, hospitals, or anything OVCA related...I also now spend alot of time on…
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Facebook too!
Hi ladies. I hope you are all well. Would also love to be friends on FB. My email address is minky1225@aol.com You will see my teal ribbon as my pic!
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New-Be
Hello all you Wonderful Ladies, I have met with my Gyn-Onc, and to start I really really like him..Very caring and at the same time really knows his stuff. I will be going into the hospital on 20 April for a colonoscopy followed by mass removal/hystorectomy on 21 April. The surgeon is also removing the fat pockets woman…
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Pain
My daughter (31yr old) was diagnosed with ovarian cancer July last year. She had a total hysterectomy and treated with chemo. The surgeon has given her great prognosis. We were all trilled when chemo was over in Dec. We all thought that once chemo was over life might get back to some what normal...... wrong. My daughter…
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Odd Girl Out
I just needed to post this, because you all have given such me a feeling of community that I forget how rare this cancer is. I went to a Look Good/Feel Better session at my cancer center, and of course, we began by introducing ourselves. For some reason, almost everyone began with the kind of cancer they had. (which is…
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message from dorion and Meghan
Hey everyone! It's Meghan, Just wanted to say Hello and thank you for the support for my Mom, She talks about this site, and the people, and how totally awesome you all are...All the time. Bye bye! Hello my Darling Ladies, I missed all of you so much. Meghan really wanted to say hello to you Ladies, she is awesome. She has…
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Wed. Update on Saundra
Thanks Ladies! You don't know how much your prayers mean to me and my family. Getting out of bed is hard. May walk some today. On soft diet now. Hugs and prayers back to you. Love, Saundra
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HELLO
GOT THE RESULTS OF MY CA-125 BLOOD TEST TODAY.THE NUMBER WAS 7.9!!GOOD!GOOD!GOOD!JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THE GOOD NEWS.I'M PRAYING FOR ALL OF YOU THAT ONE DAY YOU ALL WILL BE A CANCER SURVIVOR JUST LIKE ME.I LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH!GOD BLESS YOU ALL!TAKE CARE.TALK LATER. LYNN
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Tuesday update on Saundra
I'm Sandy's daughter, Debbie, and I'm with her at Baylor hospital. She has been recovering wonderfully well from her colostomy surgery yesterday. She was alert and talkative all morning, has been on her feet twice to sit in a chair for up to 50 min at a time and had an appetite for her clear liquids lunch! Mom sure is…
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Free Stuff & Good Information~
Hello everyone (Marly, hun, this one isn't for you), There is a wonderful kit full of information and some useful items for ovarian patients. I especially found the "signs & symptoms" information cards to be useful to hand out to my family members. I actually wish I had more of them... http://ovarian.org/patient_kit.php I…
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HIPEC Surgery and/or OVAX Trial
Hi. I'm going to have the HIPEC surgery in two weeks, which will be followed up by an ovarian vaccine trial called OVAX. Anyone out there heard of someone having either one? Thanks, Julie
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Facebook
Hi ladies, hope your all doing good! If anyone is on facebook and would like to be my friend, please send me a message/link to you FB page and I will add you so we can keep in touch outside the ovc board. :) Have a good day.
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Update on Saundra
This is the e-mail I received from Saundra's husband... Sandy underwent about four hours of surgery this morning at Baylor Medical Center, and will remain in the recovery room until late tomorrow morning. One large tumor was on her colon, also compromising blood vessels to her left leg. The surgeons got about 85 percent.…
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What else can go wrong
Got all three neupagen shots last week, white cound did come up a little bit, but not enough Now they are sending me out to a hematologist to see what he can do to get the white count to come up and to see why the chemo is affecting my blood this way. Please pray I will not have to go to the hospital that anything he does…
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Don't look, Marley
Hello everyone, Marley wouldn't like this post because it will probably come across as negative, I suppose. But, I do need any encouragement possible from you wonderful ladies. I got "good news" just over a week ago that my marker had dropped almost in half after one treatment of my new drug. However, a tumor in my neck…
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Linda
Anyone heard from Linda (Dorian)? Anyone have a phone number or other contact info? I am really getting concernced about her. Carlene
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Bonnie's Caring Bridge post- Monday
God's Morning to you! It is me Bonnie and I am on my first walk all by myself. Still on only ice chips, NG tube down my nose and tummy pretty quiet. But feeling better, now if my body would let go of the 23lbs it is retaining since surgery, who would think no food for over a week and everday your weight continues to climb,…