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Ovarian Cancer

Archives for June 2016

New CA125 numbers UPDATE
Hello Ladies!!!!! My lovely wife Michele is doing terrific with what she calls her "Cleansing Treatments", you know, the usual chemo drug mix. She's no longer a total newbie to all this stuff, as she just had her 8th out of 18 treatments. As I said before, her initial CA125 was over 2,000 and after surgery it fell to 424…
Chemo drugs
The chemo I am taking is Carbopltin and Paclitaxel.for Ovarien Cancer.Any imput about these drugs please?
Started Chemo and now another scare
I had my first treatment Tuesday.I had a full body scan last week.It showed something in scar where I had lumpectomy 7 yrs. ago.Been since Jan. All the surgery and dr. Appointments.Just got a chemo plan.And now this.they will do a deeper mamo and ultra sound tomorrow.By now I am just numb.getting through the emotions.
Taxol and Carboplatin Side Effects
Hello my name is Debra, I had Fallopian Tude cancer a hysterectomy in December and started chemo in January 2016. A month into Chemo I developed the pain in my groin and upper thigh. Pain pills do not work. As time when on, when I walk I feel unteady on my feet and the pain is not any better. Has anyone experienced muscle…
Time for wig soon.Any advise please
will be starting Chemo Tuesday.I got a wig from Acs. And it don't fit or look good.nice wig just not on me.cant exchange it.where is a good place to buy a wig?would like to try it on.Thank you.God bless.
Ovarian Cancer and Diet
For some reason, many patients do not want to hear that if they make some lifestyle changes, it may reduce their risk of cancer, recurrance or even help fight cancer. But for those who are interested this sounds like a very interesting trial, which focuses on the approach I have been taking with regard to my diet.…
Using Avastin and cannabis oil together?
I'm wondering if the treatment drug Avastin can be used at the same time as cannabis oil? My friend is about to start treatment with avastin and I would like her to start using cannabis oil as well because of all the positive results I have read about using cannabis oil. I just want to be sure that it is safe to use both…
Chemo starts in few days
chemo should start Tues. I have known for awhile now this would happen.But hearing the exact day has brought back fear again.I feel like I could cry a river.This is my second time with Cancer and Chemo.I have been stronger then I thought for second time.But right now I feel a lot of things.Fear,dread,not wanting to,.Its a…
Are we not all Gamblers playing in the Cancer Casino hoping 2 win Life's Lottery~but what if
This is not a “marriage counseling session”, but in all good marriages, there must be some “give and take”. That doesn’t mean one is always doing the “giving” and the other one just has to “take it”. I know of some marriages that are like that, and they’re not “happy”. Well, if that were money, I would like to be on the…
Stubborn Pleural Effusion
I was diagnosed in Feb 2016. I had a pleural effusion (how I was initially diagnosed). Anyway, they drained it and it returned after my hysterectomy. I had the hysterectomy and debulking before chemo. My doctor told me that it would clear up with chemo. It has not cleared up. I have no symptoms. The only symptom i have is…
Social Security Disabilty eligibility
I am the wage earner/caregiver in my household and I was recently diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer Stage IV on 5/13/16, my chemo started 6/2/16. I applied for Social Security Disability online on 5/31 as a precautionary measure in case I can't work in the near futire. After starting the online application I decided to finish…
Port
what is a port like?does it hurt.is it very big?thanks
Need advice from medical professionals on my wife's treatment
* My wife is victim of Ovearien Cancer. It was dignosised 8 months ago. She received 3 cycle of ( NACT)chemothatapy. Than she went for Cyto Reductive surgery than got another 3 cycle of (AJCT)Chemo Therapy. * after completing this while we screened anagin PET/CT scan reports says "A small peripheraily enchanceing hypodence…
Advice needed re: wife's Ultrascan and surgery
Hi, My wife is 30 years old and has been heavier periods and bout of frequent urination over the past 6 months. She went to her gynecologist who sent her in for an ultrasound. I have pasted the results below. A couple questions, the radiological results definitely sound extremely suspicous of malignancy to me just from the…
Delirium/Confusion/Hallucinatons
Hello Everybody! My Mom, AGE 74, was diagnosed with Malignant StageIV in January 2015. She Completed 6 cycles of Carbo & Plat By July 2015. Mom responded remarkably well to the chemo with just the common side effects (neuropathy, fatigue, hair loss) Nothing major and she surprisingly looked as though she never had a…
My wife's latest test results plus I wanted to just say hello again.
Michele was diagnosed with stage 3C or 4 on March 31st. She's now had a full round of 3 chemo treatments plus the first treatment on her 2nd round, so 4 total. Her appetite hasn't changed a bit and she doesn't have any change in the taste in her mouth. She finally started losing her hair this past week, so I got the honor…
Promising Research
This research has been published in Nature: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/cancer-vaccine-immunotherapy-universal-immune-system-rna-nature-journal-a7060181.html
BRCA and antiestrogens
reading literature in brca and antiestrogen therapy seems that BRCA gene related ovarian cancers do not respond to antiestrogens any BRCA positive ladies have any input on drug therapy when frontline carbo/taxol fails?
Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer Treatment options and Survivors
Hi, My Mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer with metastatis and spread in Abdomen. Underwent her second chemo. Want to understand if there are any alternate therapies which have been tried in parallel with conventional treatment. Do's and Don'ts in terms of deight and foods. How to minimize the side effects of…
Mother is carboplatin-refractive, what else can we do?
My mother, age 76, was diagnosed with Stage 3C Ovarian Cancer in October 2015. It was too advanced, diffuse to operate so she did the traditional Carboplatin/ Taxol chemo for a series. In January, the dr said that while the tumor shrank, it was complicated to operate and she'd risk a colostomy, which scared her. The dr…

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