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Ovarian Cancer

Archives for November 2013

Free House Cleaning for Women with Cancer
"Cleaning For A Reason" is a nonprofit organization offering free professional house cleanings to women undergoing cancer treatment. As a nonprofit serving the entire United States and Canada, they partner with maid services to help women undergoing treatment for cancer. Don't let all pink signage on their web-site fool…
Happy Thanksgivukkuh!
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Hanukkah to all my teal sisters...hope everyone is going to have a great holiday (one or both)!
Thanksgiving in pajamas
A friend of mine that is currently in chemo treatment for ovarian cancer is having Thanksgiving in her pajamas. Her whole family is all coming in their pajamas and bringing the food. Such a great idea! Thursday we have Thanksgiving with my husband's family and Friday with mine. What are you doing?
Doxil
I was cancer free for 3 months and am on my first reoccurance. After doing Taxol/Cabro we are now doing Doxil. Has anyone done that and what was their experiences with it.
Anyone heard of Ixempra chemo
My mom started on this treatment last week. Anyone tried it?
To or Not To have surgery, this is the question
Hello All I really need some help and guidance. I have a high maternal family history of multiple cancers. My mother past May 2012 from ovarian CA after a few months of being diagnosed. We also have close family members with breast, liver, colon, prostate, leukemia, lung and stomach cancers all on my mother's side. With…
Alternative HRT - Happy Sunday!
Alternative HRT – Husband Replacement Therapy (The Menoporsche)
Having surgery - again
I am not on here a lot - have been on less lately as I went back to work full time in June which is a good thing. I was diagnosed stage 3C in 2007. Surgery and chemo, about 3 years of NED then reoccurence, and more carbo/taxol. Then started on Doxil in January of this year. I was having some pretty bad stomach pain and…
cancer is back
I saw my onc today and got the results of my biopsy. Unfortunately it came back positive. I have two small lymph nodes that are behind my stomach. They are small and localized. We are going to do Doxil next. Fortunately I am not out of options yet I am going to do the chemo then possibly radiation then maybe removal of…
Stage IIIC at 18 years old
I guess I'm really just looking for advice; I stumbled across this site while searching the internet for more information. I have serous epithelial ovarian cancer stage 3c, and I was diagnosed about 2 months ago. I've since had to stop working and basically stay at home doing a whole lot of nothing, which is driving me…
It's Teal
So.... Last weekend was our move at work. We moved all the stuff on Friday and Saturday and we were up and running for business on Monday morning. As you know we live in a Seacoast community and I work 10 minutes from home. Well. when the president was deciding on colors for paint - she picked TEAL of all colors. It is…
How often are CA125s done?
I was diagnosed with stage1c ovarian cancer 1/31/13. Had total abdom hyster on that day with a 9 lb ovarian mass. My CA125 was never very high---78. After surgery it fell to 5.5. I had 4 rounds of taxol/carbo. My 1st big check-up in October had a CA125 of 5.5 again. My MD does not have one scheduled for my January apptmt.…
Am I nuts?
This morning, before leaving for work, I swear, I read a posting from an 18 year old woman asking from advice. I had some good thoughts I thought would be helpful to share, but needed to get to work. Now that I have time to respond...the posting is no where to be found! What's the deal? I know I'm nuts...I a Buckeye...but…
Haven't been on for while
i have not posted for a while.... I still look at posts on occasion . I hope all are doing well. I think it is time for a role call!!! I would like to know how everyone is doing and if there is anything new . I'll go first!..... I celebrated one year from chemo at the end of October !!! I was diagnosed serous epithelial…
low grade fever 99.5-101 area since home from hosp after debulking
I have been running judt enough fever to have chills. I feel fine - incision is good. no sisn of infection doc has done bacterial cultures on blood-urine & stool - all are negative. Just wondering if any of you remember this post op nuiscance? I see mt gyne onc Nov 28. M,aybe just the ol worn out body trying to heal.…
Does ovarian cancer have a distinctive scent?
Researchers are trying to find the answer to that question: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/magazine/what-does-cancer-smell-like.html?hp&_r=0&pagewanted=print
ascites
I'd like to hear if anyone is having the same problem with ascites as I am having. When I was first diagnosed back in April 2013, one of the first symptoms I experienced was an accumlation of, what I discovered later, was ascites. It became so bad that you might have thought I was 8 months pregnant. That is..if you didn't…
does cancer run in your family ?
Hi everyone,Lately i have been noticing that cancer is becoming extremely more and more common, not just ovarian or breast but all types of cancer. I was wondering how many of you ladies have cancer in your family of any type. Mine is as follows: Maternal Grandmother- Ovarian cancer at 51 Maternal Aunt- uterine…
Rosamond M
Where is our poet Rosamond? Come back we miss you.
To Jbahama
I am very sorry you and your sister-in-law and the rest of your family have had to suffer from ovarian cancer. I believe most of the women on this board will agree that families suffer right along side us and their burden is great. We are more than willing to offer support and compassion. But you have not come here for…
Sipping my nightly Miralax...
...and chuckling at the irony of it all! i started the new (for me) carbo-Gemzar routine today. So far so good, except my puppy Hugh Jackman is throwing up. My 92-year old sweet Mom has diarrhea. And my faithful husband is exhausted!! but I'm good. Feeling a little wiped out....God, I wonder why!?! my ca125 was 143 this…
Chemo side effect?
Hi, Ladies, i'm relatively new to the board, but found this is a very good place to get help and positive energy. Being diagnosed with Fallopian tube cancer, stage 3B in June, I have gone through surgery (non-optimon) and currently Taxel/Carbo chemo. Everything seems OK till my last chemo which was done about three weeks…
If you can't get enough Ovarian Cancer trivia... here's some more
If it recurs - A resource for women with recurrent ovarian cancer The resource includes materials from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom and also provides links to detailed online consumer-oriented information on specific topics of interest. http://ovariancanada.org/OCC-PDFs/RECURRENCE_FINAL A good…
Ladies please be aware of a possible fraud
Dear ladies, Someone named Helen13 sent a longgggg note to me saying she had 8.3 million dollars to share with the less fortunate. I don't know how to report this possible fraud. I have heard about this happening on many different cancer sites. These people are asking us to give them our account number. So sad.
Debulking done & back home - doing OK don't know details- except surgeon happy follow up Appt Nov 28
Got through debulking Ok got home Fri 8th still sore - no pain Nov 28 I should know dwtails - again TKS for your awesome support will spend more time on site whenIhave a chance to catch up wilth bills etc Susan P from Alberta Canada
I'm Back!!!
Hi All Sorry for my absence. I have had another stint in hospital (11 days) with infection problems. 3 my Onc thinks! My Picc line (which was removed and another put in on the other arm), shingles and a chest infection! Consequently he threw all sorts at it and finally we pulled through. This was a tough one and even…
Radiation
Has anyone had experiences with radiation. What was it like and are there any side effects. Depending on the results of my biopsy if my cancer has reoccured, my Doctor is talking either more chemo or radiation.
I will survive
Here's the link to the original 1979 Gloria Gaynor "I will survive" video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faf1ch7Q9XE&list=RDFaf1ch7Q9XE It the perfect pick-me-up song when you're feeling blue. Following it is the mix of other old disco favorites. Happy Sunday to all us fabulous girls!!!
What worked for you?
Hello friends, I'm looking for survivors of aggressive ovarian cancer and would like to ask: What drug treatments/alternative therapies/foods worked for you? Thank you for your time and sharing.
Eh, who likes cartoons?

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