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Ovarian Cancer

Archives for March 2012

Avastin plus cytoxan
Is anyone has been treated with this chemo combination I'd like to find out how it worked-side effects etc etc
Update on "Helpless"
Hello All, My mom is finally out of the hospital after a repeat visitfor difficulty in breathing with fluid in her lungs and abd. Well one internal medicine doc had asked me if I had thought about hospice. Naturally I had broke down, I'm not ready to give up on my mom. Another had also asked my mom when she had to go back…
slapped in the face
I know none of you know my husband or the kind of man he is. Let me tell you he is deeply caring, has been a rock, and taken very good care of me. Which may be hard for some of you to believe when I tell you how he stuck his foot in his mouth yesterday. I am newly diagnosed with Stage 1a, tumor grade 3. Very aggressive and…
Avastin and cytoxin
Soctor is recommending this combination to treat complication of ovarian cancer. Any one experienced this treatment?
gemzar may be working for me....ca125 update
hello all.....i hope i'm not getting excited prematurely. last friday at chemo i asked the nurse what my latest ca125 number was....march 1st it was 1382. she told me the latest number is 750!!! i can hardly believe i could have a drop of over 600 points in a 2 week period. i have a petscan tomorrow and am hoping the…
Has anyone had to wear compression stockings due to edema with your cancer
I recently was told by my dr. that I needed to wear thigh high compression stockings. Not sure what is the best type. Has anyone had to buy them and wear them and if so, what name did you purchase & how did they work. Thanks.
Going back to work
Hi, I survived my port surgery, and first treatment!! Weird how that is a celebration, but to me it is. Just have 5 more to go. I am happy to write that my nervousness was the worst part of the chemo treatment. I had myself so worked up over it, that I was sick to my stomach. Number one, it was painless. Yes, it was long.…
excessive eye tearing on taxotere
I'm about to lose my ever loving mind with the eye tearing. Has anyone else had this side effect on taxotere? My eyes are like a fountain all day long. I wake up with them crusted shut from tearing all night long. Is this going to go away now that I am done with chemo? Is there anything I can do about it in the meantime?
garden gal here-update on what has happened last 2 months
On my last post I told you about a fistula I developed. Was told they could not operate and tried to put a bag (not sure what you call it)on it because it was draining quite a bit I might add, they had no luck it kept leaking. Then a cathada was put in for TPN feedings that only lasted a day, my small bowel protruded right…
Silly Question
Tomorrow I fly back to NY to get my mother's apartment ready for renting. I haven't any desire to go. Tonite, I played back the slideshow I had put together for her service. I swear I heard her tell me to turn it off....so I did.....would never want to risk the wrath of my MOM..LOL..ok, here's the question: Are they really…
chemo
Going through my first sickness since chemo. one of my biggest complaints is the neurologic?// pain and weakness in my legs. any one else have that? It's scaring me
Chemo Side Effects - Excess Saliva
Hello everyone. I am currently going through my fourth round of BEP (Bleomycin, Etoposide, and Cisplatin) to treat an ovarian dsygerminoma. For the last three weeks I have been struggling with excess saliva. I am constantly spitting. I've tried claritin, benadryl, and even Zantac with no relief - at the suggestions of…
I finished chemo
I am so happy! I can't believe it is finally over. These last 5 months have been the hardest of my life. I didn't think I could do that last taxotere but I did, with a reduced dose. I have a CT on April 9 and then my followup on April 16. Another surgery at the end of april to repair a hernia and do a second look. How long…
Report on Benefit for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Event
That I was lucky enough to be able to attend today in Syracuse, N.Y. When I was invited to attend, I had no idea that it was going to be such a huge event. There were 250 guests, a fashion show, local TV personalities and politicans and some very interesting speakers. Jon Zeidman, Director of Development of the Ovarian…
CA-125
my dr mentioned we need to find my "normal". I thought normal was 0-35. before surgery is was 45 then 46 and stayed there. after surgery it jumped to 254. before first chemo it was 236. Not much of a drop but still high. So when do they determine my normal?? when do they decide if chemo is working??
New to cancer and treatment-Help Me?
I had my first chemo treatment on March 23rd. I had my surgery on February 29th, of course a huge surgery as you know, so took some time for the pain to subside of course, but it did for the most part. Since the surgery I have a new pain in my right upper quadrant, there was a ct done and it shows my liver is enlarged and…
Your always there
My pallaitive care nurse was talking to me last week about doing something to help me deal with all the changes and all the side effects of my chemo. I told her musice helps a lot and so does writing, I told her about my last poem and she is now going to use it in their welcome packages to new patients. She also said she…
For you pizza lovers
Ladies, I love pizza. So, I found some alternatives to traditional pizza crusts. If you go to this link, you will see a recipe for spinach crust pizza. There are also links for cauliflower and zucchini crusts. I have made the cauliflower and spinach. Delicious! I put veggies on the spinach crust. topped with a small amount…
Freezing to death
at age 56 I had been used to sweating for no good reason and despising the hot humid summers. Since my hysterectomy and diagnosis of cancer, I have been freezing. I expected the opposite, for the sweats to be worse, but no, no more sweats. In fact here in my city is is sunny and 73, which is perfect for most people, I have…
I believe in miracles
I have a dear friend that I had lost contact with because between work and not feeling well (I did not know at the time I had cancer)she heard that I had cancer and asked another friend for my number. She called and said she wanted to help me in anyway if she could because she know the fear I am facing because she had lung…
Question for those of you on avastin
I just started avastin every 21 days (400ml). (I will also do 75ml/m2 taxotere and AUC5carbo.) I am curious what dosage others are getting of avastin. I know a couple of you are on avastin maintainance too, so I am curious about how that is working also. My doctor has purposely given me time between my avastin and chemo to…
Ground turkey
Hi ladies. Do any of you use ground turkey rather than ground beef? There are mixed reviews out there as to which is better. When I use ground beef, it is very lean. My sister and her husband purchased 1/4 of local butchered beef last fall. I mostly eat chicken or fish, but sometimes I have to have a change. I just told my…
hello: update
Hi everyone, this is my first post on this board. i am looking for some information. my sister age 43 passed away from colon cancer in 1/2011 so i was on the colorectal board all of the time. i now nothing about ovarian cancer, but recently a very close friend's daughter was diagnosed with ovarian cnacer. she is 17 year…
hello
Hi everyone, this is my first post on this board. i am looking for some information. my sister age 43 passed away from colon cancer in 1/2011 so i was on the colorectal board all of the time. i now nothing about ovarian cancer, but recently a very close friend's daughter was diagnosed with ovarian cnacer. she is 17 year…
hello
Hi everyone, this is my first post on this board. i am looking for some information. my sister age 43 passed away from colon cancer in 1/2011 so i was on the colorectal board all of the time. i now nothing about ovarian cancer, but recently a very close friend's daughter was diagnosed with ovarian cnacer. she is 17 year…
Daily Low Dose Aspirin
"Taking a low dose of aspirin every day can prevent and possibly even treat cancer, fresh evidence suggests." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17443454 I'm going to start. The risks associated with low doses (baby aspirin is 80 mg) are almost negligible. Not sure which doc I'll discuss this with, probably both my family…
What can you tell me??
I am not on this site everyday but I do recognize many of the beautiful faces and beautiful words. I just read about Rooker Bird, who has just recently passed away. She opted not to share her last weeks with everyone on this website by writing in the discussion boards. I write a blog to my family and closest friends and I…
Rooker Bird is gone
I was hoping someone else would post this, but I guess I get to be the bearer of bad news, yet again. Rooker Bird (Kathy Salvie) passed away last Tuesday. About 6 months ago, Kathy had her son drive her the 25 or so miles from her house to mine. She wanted to meet me, and give me some things for my local support group. She…
so much for a petscan
Went for my petscan today first problem I felt like crap so bad that after the petscan I was going to the ER. Second problem I am clastrophobic but I looked up the machine online and felt like I would be fine. Guess what I was anything but fine thank God the tech said lets do a run through so I could show you how it works.…
interperitoneal (IP)
Has anyone else had interperitoneal treatment with ovarian cancer?

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