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Ultrasound results
Hi, I had ultrasounds on May 26 of reproductive organs due to occasional sptoting, cramping, & dull pain at my Gyno. This past Thursday met with the doc to go over results and he informed me he would be doing an endometrial biopsy due to thickening of uterine wall, small myomas, and fluid in endometrial canal. I'm 51, soon…
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Hi everyone!
First let me thank all of you for the kind words and for checking up on me! I appreciate it all so much! The heart surgery recovery is taking much longer than the other two times, but I am beginning to come back some. CA 125 was at 30, but no one seems to be to concerned, so I request another test in June or August. We'll…
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Just an Update
Hi its Summerlady! I wanted to let everyone know that my biopsy results came back Negative! ! All is good!! So hapoy the surgery and the biopsy is Over!! My gynecologist believes that the irregular bleeding is Caused by the endometriosis. Feeling really good , had a little bit longer recovery than I thought but Finally…
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Kelly went home to Jesus
Hi everybody, I wanted to let you know that on Sunday night 24 May my sweet sister-in-law Kelly went home to be with God. She will be greatly missed but we know that she is in a better place where there is no suffering and no pain. For those of you who don't know Kelly was diagnosed with stage IIIC uterine carcinoma…
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Is it just me??
I have had all the tests, seems like every test known to medical science, and the surgery. So far the physical part hasn't been too bad. I admit that I was pretty messed up for a while... couldn't eat or sleep, was hard to get moving again, and I kind of let things go for a time. But the part that is really giving me…
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Need some feedback
Hello Everyone, Let me say ahead of this post that I feel like a real Pansy compared to you women out there who have really had to find out they had this cancer and then had to fight and fight living in the unknown after each new step until NED and even after that to some extent. I will also apologize ahead of time if I…
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Info on internal radiation please, side effects?
I'm going next week Tuesday for a meeting with the Radiologist. She will go over the plan on my internal radiation treatments. I'm still recovering from the chemo treatments and I'm not looking forward to what the radiation treatments will bring. Do they hurt? What about side effects? Thank you for any info you can share…
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5 Year Survival with Stage IVb
Today is my fifth anniversary of survival after surgery for stage IVb UPSC. As far as I know, I'm still NED. I had a mass last year that hadn't grown after I had multiple CT scans and a PET scan to check on it, so my GYN/onc thought it was not a reocurrence. I have my final CT scan scheduled for May 18 of this year. I will…
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Chemo isn't working
I haven't been here for about 2 months, and when I read about all that Ro is going through I feel like a cry-baby. I am a bit frightened by my situation. I did 3 rounds of taxol - carboplatin in less than 2 1/2 years before becoming platinium resistant. The next step was doxil and my CA 125 doubled after each of the 3…
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Five years NED...I think?
Yes, I am still among the living! Been a rough four months. Had my third open heart sugrery March 31. Still recuperating and it is taking much longer this time. Had my fifth year check up April 24. I don't know if I am stilll NED or about to reacure. CA 125 had gone from 15 to 30, but the doctor was so freaked out about my…
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Osteoporosis
Is anyone taking medication for osteoporosis? If so, which one? Side effects? Effectiveness? I just came back from the doctor, and he did a bone density scan. I had one in 2011, right after I finished chemo. Of course I developed osteoporosis from chemo :( . The scan today shows something like -3.3 on my spinal. The doc…
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Booklet that defines CA 125
zenmama posted this link over on the ovarian board, and I thought you all might enjoy it as well. CA 125 is not just used in ovarian cancer but uterine/endometrial cancers as well. Susan P made the comment, which I think many of us agree with, that we want to know more about our disease and things like this are in a…
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trace pelvic ascites
Ladies, do you know what is it. It's from my CT scan results. The rest sounds good, but this is worrie me a lot.
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Clinical trials
Hi ladies, i'm seeking guidance and support and hope.. My mommy (60 years old), recently has been diagnosed with endometrial cancer T4N2, im sorry im not familiar with all medical terms. Basically she had uterus, ovarian cancer that grew fast, affected appendix.. they removed everything mentioned , plus 21 lymp nodes ,…
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Post Hysterectomy and chemo issues
Hi everyone, please forgive me for dropping in to this board when I am a colon cancer survivor, but I have a topic question that I feel better posting in a place that is more for women. I was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer nearly 4 years ago and had a recurrence 18 months ago. When the surgeon went in to take the…
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Went to lung doctor today
He said the radiation pneumonitis has cleared up. and is not the reason for my cough. I have been on Steroids for almost two months continuously, as well as a month before that. It has given me heartburn especially in the evening and night. He feels the cough is from gastric reflux. I had a pulmonary function test also and…