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Ovarian Cancer

Archives for November 2014

Happy Thanksgiving!
Blessings to you this holiday morning from the Pacific Northwest! Today I am thankful for my husband of 23 years, my two boys, my family, friends, community and home. I am thankful for love and for life. God is good. What are you thankful for?
What if my new doctor hates me?
I posted what's below on my Caring Bridge blog a few days ago, so some of you may already have seen it. But I was just wondering if anyone else found themselves in a situation where a doctor was apparently alienated. Does it matter? I don't have ovarian cancer, but this same doctor I've described below once told me I…
parb trial
I finished my 1st reoccurence treatment with gemzR and carbo about five weeks ago. My CA125 normalized to 7. This week I started the niraparib/placebo trial. It is of course a double blinded study, so i don't know if I am taking the drug. If anyone has any info to share about the parp inhibitors, I would appreciate it. Kim
Happy Friday!
How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Terminal Patients Face Death
I came across this old NY Times article and found it interesting. Maybe you will too. I'm neither advocating taking illegal drugs nor trying to offend anyone's religious feelings.
5 Year anniversary today
Exactly 5 years ago today I was operated on for ovarian cancer. Just to let you know there is hope. I am doing well and feel good. Praise God for healing
newbie
Hi, I am new here and glad to have found this messageboard. I was diagnosed on july 31 of this year with OC. I thought I had a bowel blockage so i went to the er. To my surprise and thiers, I had a ovarian tumor the size of a grapefruit. I had been very bloated and just not feeling well. That night my mother passed away in…
FDA Approves Avastin for Recurrent platinum-resistant Ovarian Cancer
http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/OvarianCancer/48597 Swiss drugmaker Roche said Friday that the Food and Drug Administration approved its drug Avastin as a treatment for ovarian cancer. Roche said the FDA approved Avastin in combination with chemotherapy as a treatment for recurrent cases of cancer that are…
New here, questions about ovc
Hello, I'm new here. Is there anyone out there who has been to Princess Margret Hospital? If so what should I expect from them? I don't know if I have cancer but I am concerned. My mom had it and so did her mom. I am 46 postmenopausal. Have 3 cm complex cyst, and several sm simple one. Regular gyno did ca 125 and it's 75.…
GS Ron passed away
http://csn.cancer.org/node/289336 So long, my friend
2 time survivor
I've been away from this board for far too long. My name is Leesa and I'm a two time survivor. I was diagnosed at stage 3c in January 2010 and rediagnosed stage 4 after brain mets in 2011. I'm still going strong. Don't ever give up hope, I think my survival is partially due to a refusal to acknowledge the effects of the…
GREETINGS TO ALL OF YOU
Well, it's been quite a while. Nonetheless, I haven't forgotten about any of you. Just a quick recap of my journey: OVCA Stage 1C in 2000, OVCA in 2006, breast cancer in October 2013. I started on this board many years ago, and have been so blessed with friends, prayers and support here. Recent mammogram looked good. I…
cytoxan
If you have taken oral cytoxan as a single agent, did you have hair loss/thinning?
piost chemo bowel function still kind of slow - not really constipated post chemo
Hi Gals b1 yr from debulking & 6 mos from chemo feels like my bowel pattern is not optimal still take docusate -- maybe just don't have my fiber &qwater where they should be any one else disappointed & feeling although things aren't bad - still not as I think it should be & where else could Io ask that question? Tks Susan…
Radiation for ovarian cancer
Has anyone had good results with radiation for ovarian cancer? Just finished 6 rounds of topotecan. Counts are climbing. I have two lymph nodes that are growing, probably about 6 that are stable but still there and CT scan shows a small amount of asicites (which probably scares me the most). Onc says while they don't…
Mom passed
Thank you everyone for your kind wishes and support. My mother regretfully passed early yesterday morning after 7 days in a drug induced coma. I tried writting more about the hospital that I will never return to and the hospice I believe hastened her deparature from this world dispite her express wishes; but as I was…
Confused
I went to see my gynecologist on Monday. She did a pelvic exam told me my uterus was tilted to the left and I would probably need a hysterectomy. Then she ordered blood work and a ultrasound the same day. I went back on Wednesday she said that I have two mass in my uterus. Then she said their was one on my right ovary and…
Kidney stent?
Hi Ladies, Do any of you have kidney stents? I am scheduled to see a urologist on November 7. Most likely I will have one placed in my right kidney. Scans from two weeks ago show that I have developed mild hydronnephoris. My oncologist is nearly certain that a stent should take care of the problem. As usual, I'm getting…
How long for ascites?
Had a PET scan 2 weeks ago to see what was happening with my recurring primary peritoneal cancer (but not many people posting on that forum these days--trying to change that!). At the time of the PET scan, the report was "no ascites seen." But unfortunately, there were 6 new tumors. So as of 4 days ago, I'm on Doxil for…

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