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Chemo disposal
Ok, I posted the topic about the stink we exude with chemo....so that means chemo is exiting our bodies. I am getting cisplatin and etoposide for my chemo. When the nurses put the drip up they put on the little blue gowns to protect thier regular clothes from any spillage. At on of my chemos, not during mine just while I…
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I am trying to spread the word
about ovarian cancer.I receive several womans magazines in the the and they never ever metion ovca,,only breast cancer. I wrote them a letter on facebook to please do a story on this as it's symptoms are so vague. I hope they will listen, I went for my yrarly mammogram last week and my radiologist tech said her mom died…
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Eyes that water during chemo
Hi everyone, I thought I'd share this with you. I've been on Taxotere for 3 full cycles now. I go once a week, 3 weeks in a row, and get a week off for rest. I noticed that after my last chemo visit, my eyes started watering alot. I didn't know what it was from, and forgot to ask my primary care doctor when I saw him this…
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Thank you Linda Propocio
Thank you Linda for your reply. I was feeling kind of down after today's visit, but I felt better after reading your note. I'm going to see my gyn/onc next week and see what he says. I've also been on so many chemos for the last year and I told my oncologist today that I really feel like I need a chemo break. I think I'm…
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Rise in CA 125
Hi everyone, I've been receiving chemo for the last 5 years and since last year I've been on constant chemo. I was on Doxil, that didn't help, I was on Avastin & Cytoxan, while some tumors were stable, several others showed growth. Then I was on Avastin & Topotecan, again some were stable, while other showed growth. Then…
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Chemo stink
Ok, I have just finished this round of chemo. I reek of it. My clothes smell. When I go to the bathroom it smells. The bed sheets smells. I thought it was just me but my mother who is taking care of me can smell it too. It has me besides myself. It makes the nausea worse and I just do not know what to do about it. I am…
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chemo and nose bleeds
I am new to chemo I have had three so far and will be havingmy four next Thursday. My question is does chemo cause nose bleeds. I have not had a nose bleed since I was a child and today when I blew my nose it started a nose bleed it lasted for about four minutes and I just don't know if it was a simple nose bleed or if it…
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upsc
Is anybody with upsc taking herceptin?
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Any word from Kathleen or her family yet?
Anyone hear anything since Kathleen's surgery? I keep stopping in here to look for news.
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Translation help
Got my scan few dys ago, my doctor says it looks ok, still small portion of a tumor, but wonder what means extremely subtie stippled peritoneal disease adjacentto the spenic flexure of the colon. If anyone translate this for me please.
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wear your teal
and spread the word. September is Ovarian Cancer awareness month. Show your big girl teal panties too..val
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I'm Back
The second chemo treatment hit harder than the first so I've been feeling really tired and not sleeping more than 2 to 3 hours a night. I had the 3rd and final chemo today. I feel guilty about celebrating when some are going through so many more treatments, but I'm glad it's over and now things are down hill from here (I…