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Ovarian Cancer

Archives for April 2013

Swelling in legs and painful knee joints
I haven't been on the board for awile, but wanted to stop by and ask a question. I was diagnosed with stage 1C ovarian a year ago, had a complete hysterectomy, oopherectomy, omenectomy, and the removal of several lymph nodes (not sure how many). I went through 8 rounds of taxol/carboplatin (once every three weeks) and…
Video from MSKCC explaining why some of us get cancer
http://www.mskcc.org/education/high-school-outreach/why-we-all-don-t-get He tells us we're eating too many carbohydrates.
1 year +
Hi, March 7, 2012 I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I had the debulking surgery, followed with 18 weeks chemotherapy, both IV and IP. August 3, 2012 I was declared cancer free. Yeah! Feburary 2001 I had two lumps removed from my right breast. No chemo required. Currently, I have an 87% chance of breast cancer. So, the…
I have a lot of spare time on my hands
I decided to calculate who posts more on CSN, men or women and on which boards. To simplify I assumed that all breast and gynecological are women, all prostate and testicular are men and all other boards are 50/50. Results are sorted by number of posts in descending order. Women lead overall 70 / 30. Over third (34%) of…
To fight or not.....
Not sure if i am posting in the right forum as we may be dealing w/ 2 types of cancers. A family member was diagnosed with Anal cancer 2 weeks ago. Since they have done a CT and CA125 test. It now seems that there is caner in the overies and also in the abdomin. Drs are not sure if the oviarian cancer has spread to the…
Proud of mom
My mom (Chris8588) has been such a trooper through this whole thing, words cannot describe how blessed I am to have her as my mother. Watching her go through this has reidrated the fact that she is the strongest woman I know. I would do or give anything to her and I wish she weren't so hard on herself.
Hypochondria + Free Canadian Healthcare = ???
For the last 3-4 weeks I have been having all kinds of aches and pains, especially upper back and joints. Plus persistent cough (cold? smoking?), foggy brain and sleepiness (chemo? menopause? being lazy?) - obviously I have diagnosed myself with brain, lung and bone cancer. Don't judge. At least I ruled out prostate…
delay in chemo
I was supposed to have my 5th round of chemo today but my platelets were low so I have to go back on Thursday and have them retested and hopefully can have my chemo then. Has that happened to anyone else.
5 Years today
Hi Teal Sisters, I was DX with 3c cancer 5 years ago today. I have been NED since finishing treatment. I just feel like I want to yell WHOO HOO! I don't post often but come here every day and read the post.....all of you are insprirations to me. Maybe I will have a glass of some bubbly to celebrate ((HUGS)) to you all, Joan
Bye Bye Port.....
This morning was my port removal surgery... It took longer to get me ready than it did to do the removal. I am so happy to have it out. Now I don't have to look at it anymore. Not that I will ever forget what I went through last year but at least now I will not have the constant reminder every time I get dressed. It will…
Constant fatigue
Hello everyone. Ladies I need your advice. I take care of my mom fulltime. 83yr old on Taxol/avastin. Taxol/avastin week 1 and 3 Taxol week2 off week 4. Cr125 was at 300 after first round down to 132. Mom is always tired to start with and I can understand all she has been through and all she is going through. I just don't…

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