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Ovarian Cancer

Archives for May 2016

High ca125, clear Petscan results?
has anyone out there had higher than normal ca125 and followed by a clean Petscan? My moms last ca125 was 62 and she only has one more chemo to go 3200 pre surgery then 6 cycles were as follows: 770 540 77 68 65 62 they will do a scan and I'm very worried I will keep faith and hope alive just curious if any of you were…
Nivolumab(Opdivo) for ovarian cancer
Has anyone gotten into a trial or used this drug off label for ovarian cancer? My mom has stage iv ovarian cancer and we are thinking to try this immunotheraphy drug for her. It is FDA approved for a few other cancers and I know it's in trials for ovarian and other cancers. Just seeing if anyone has tried it or known…
Thank you, Redbook!
I realize this is from February but I appreciate that they are bringing this forward. I hope you enjoy the article: http://www.redbookmag.com/body/health-fitness/a42578/female-cancers/
stage 4 ovarian cancer second line therapy
Good morning all, My mother is 65 years old and was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer in December after sudden accumulation of 7L of ascites. She had optimal debulking at Sloan kettering in January 2016: Total hysterectomy, omentectomy, removal of gall bladder, spleen, part of duodenum rectum bladder and lymph nodes.…
New and so confused in this
<p>I was diagnosed with cervical cancer after some time of painful sex. I have most my cervix removed and after I wwas told to do a pet scan and a mri. After that it showed I had a tumor growing in my ovarie I had it biopsied and take. Out but I feel so strang bc they dont want to do chemo or radiation. And this entire…
Do you realize how important this info is to a spouse of an OC fighter?
I don't know how welcoming you all are to a male on this discussion group of mostly women, but I got to tell you that since my wife's diagnosis on March 31st, 2016, this is the only one that I've found helpful to learn about ovarian cancers. By reading many posts, I feel I have a general grasp of info where I am actually…
New here and wondering if anyone else had choriocarcinoma??
I was diagnosed last February with ovarian choriocarcinoma after a miscarriage. Very rare cancer. It's been one year since my treatment and I feel pretty good physically. I haven't really talked much about what I went thru last year. People just don't understand. They try..but they just can't. So was just hoping someone…
FDA alert-Avoid CIPRO RX for Urinary Tract Infections, sinusitis, bronchitis if lesser drugs will su
Good evening friends~ Today in my list of medical alerts, I see this article by the FDA released May 12, 2016. Now we are told that Ciprofloxacin (Cipro), should not be used to treat uncomplicated infections such as sinusitis, bronchitis, and urinary tract infections for which other drug types are effective. Each one of us…
Just trying to see if I can post
Don't know about you, but my posts have not gone thru for days, so forgive me for not answering. I put them in WORD and tried to paste and the same old SECURITY msg comes up. I've complained, but so far nothing has improved. I'm still here. If this posts, it's a fluke, but I'll try. Loretta
CA 125 for ovarian cancer
rising CA 125 after first cycle with taxol+carboplatin?? any one has same?should I worry please answer me, before surgery,it was 4000,then after surgery it went down to 800, now after first cycle of paclitaxel+carboplatin it is 1300???? I appreciate any kind soul who can answer me frankly and advice me,thank you
WA DC July 2016 Conference
I registered for the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance conference July 8 to 11, 2016 in WA DC. From Washington State to WA DC, wow what trip! Maybe you will be there too?
Feeling hopeless
this is my first blog. my name is Tania and i'm battling recurrant stage 4 ovarian cancer. I was diagnosed late feb/ early march 2015. Had 3 rounds of carbo/tax followed by debulking and hysto and then 4 more rounds of carbo/tax. My CA125 went from a high if 1745 to 7 and clean CT in Sept 2015! I could hardly believe it,…
New to this journey
Greetings: I feel like I am in the twilight zone, but glad to have found this support network. Beginning last November after having the flu and then what was seemingly a bad reaction to anticiotics that resulted in stomach issues of diarrhea, nausea, vomitting, the symtpoms seemed to continue and appeared off and on. At…
It's been a long time since we've had a check-in
This board has been somewhat sluggish since our dear Alexandra left us...I, like some others, have been wondering about some of the regulars, and the newer folks too, so I thought I'd try a check-in. I'm an almost 5 year survivor of ovarian 3C. I'm BRCA 2 positive.. I've had 3 recurrences and currently am on a Parp…
worried and wondering
so I came to this site because I'm worried and wondering. Hoping to gain some insight while I either wait, or figure out what to do. In early 2011 I had an abnormal pap. In June 2011 I had a cancer positive colpo. I became pregnant with my second son in Oct 2011 and my prenatal exam revealed that my pap was clean. I didn't…

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