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Naturopath in New York City or close
Do you know personally an Onco Naturopath in New York? I found plenty online, but how to choose the right one? Any recommendations? Thank you sisters!
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cucu me update
Yesterday I had Lab, CT scan and My cancer is back. I finished chemo on October 9 last year. I'm starting new chemo on February 5.Don't know yet what. How scare am I you can image. Ca 125 is 25. I have few mets, not bigger than 10mm in abdomen, peritoneum area and close to the liver. Some enlarged lymph nodes. Diagnosed in…
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A good news day!
Greetings Ladies! I have held off coming to the Board until after I got the results of my labs and scan yesterday. Things had been going well, and my labs for trhe last three months have been coming out good, but forwhatever reason that period right before a CT scan seems to surface every fear and doubting cell in my being…
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Need a gynecological oncologist in Atlanta Area
I was diagnosed with UPSC stage 1A Grade 3 in 2011. After 3 surgeries,chemo, and radiation I am NED. I had teriic doctors in Chicago but have recently moved to Atlanta(actualy Marietta,GA) I need suggestions for a doctor. I am now on a 6 month check up rotation.
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Nuelasta shot and almost done
I received my first Nuelasta shot today and hope all goes well with it. My wbc and hemaglobin hit bottom and landed me in the hospital for 4 days to get me pumped up with antibiotics and also have blood transfusions. Unfortunately i had a reaction to second transfusion and didn't complete it. Chemo got delayed a week and…
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Study: Antioxidants may help cancer cells spread
I was told not to take antioxidants during chemo but now this study comes out... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/10/14/antioxidants-may-give-a-boost-to-cancer-cells-making-them-spread-faster-study-suggests/
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Oh great! Permanent alopecia??
I started looking around the web to see if there was anything about permanent baldness and chemo. I was given Taxotere and Carboplatin. Look what I found!! "Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. Taxotere is an injectable concentrate commonly used in chemotherapy to treat breast cancer.…
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Sandy, Debra, Moli, Eldri, Lou an, No Time For Cancer, Cindy
Thank you guys for understanding. Louann (you made me laugh)
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Sandy, Moli, Debra, Eldri, lou ann
Love you guys. Lou Ann (you made me laugh) all the other ladies.
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when you seek a second opinion
Sisters, what do you do when you seek a second opinion? Do you tell your primary onco doctor, do you ask for all your results or the doctors communicate between themselves.... I'm thinking what I'm going to do if I got bad result from my scanner on 27th. It's too soon for recurrence, but I was disgnosed with stage 4 in…
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SORRY GUYS! HUSBAND OPEN HEART SURGERY
So sorry guys for such a statement. I wrote from the hospital my husband had open heart surgery and the recovery is not as we thought it would be. I am now 6 years ned and I always check in but a thing name "life" often gets in the way. I don't know how many of you remember just two years after my dx my daughter was dx…
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When will my hair start to grow again??
Happy Saturday to all you wonderful ladies (and Red Corvette)!! It will be seven weeks on Tuesday since my last chemo and my hair is STILL not growing back. I look like Uncle Fester!! I never lost all my eyelashes or eyebrows but they're a lot thinner than before. All I have on my head are some little tufts of white which…
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Chemotherapy
My mom is starting chemo in a month or so, is there any ideas on how to keep her white count up?
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I HAVE WONDERED WHY NOBODY EVER MENTIONS MY NAME!!!!!!!!NEMPARK ?
nempark . I am still around.
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How could someone be so evil?
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/whistle-blower-helped-expose-michigan-cancer-doctor-mistreated/story?id=32369291 Did any of you see this?? A Michigan oncologist diagnosed people who DIDN'T have cancer with a cancer diagnosis so he could make money from chemotherapy and radiation. Some of the people who had the chemo with no…
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Lowered dose
I'll be brief, because the web site keeps logging me out. Getting #3 infusion today at full strength, but nurse is suggesting to lower dose due to extreme side effects on nerves which can be permanent, she said the chemo will still be maximized for cancer, but now the excess is going to side effects. Thoughts?
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Pembrizumab
Good evening. My mom was diagnosed with uterin cancer stage 1A almost 2 years ago when this nightmare began... Over the course of this time she received chemo and brachytherapy radiation. (3 treatments )she is otherwise healthy, fit, active, etc she was then given a clean bil of health and we celebrated her entrance to…
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My mom recovery from surgery
My mother has surgery and we found out she was stage 4 b. As hard as that was to hear I saw something in her doctor that I have never seen before, hope. She is to start chemo as soon as she recovers from surgery and puys a little weight on. She is going to beat this and she will go into remission. This is just a little set…
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Pre Chemo Diet Preparation
Thank you so much to all you brave, strong, and wonderful ladies. I've been a "lurker" on this Board since my wife was diagnosed with stage 1a upsc in December. I've learned so much information from everyone here and I signed up today to express thanks to everyone here because of this lousy disease and to ask a question.…
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Saw a Wound Care doctor today
I finally was able to get into the Wound Care clinic today. They took pictures of my port site wound and measured it. Then they gave me a prescription to soak my packing material in before I pack the wound twice a day. I also got some new kind of bandage that isn't supposed to rip my skin off. I go back next week for them…
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Chemo options
Ladies, I haven't been on for a while, mostly because I've been pretty stable. My CA 125 has been running in the mid 200s since early October, but have jumped from 252 to 378 in about 4 weeks. A year ago I was found to be platinum resistant to Taxol/carboplatin so when My CA 125 took a jump, I started on Doxil. After 6…
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acupucture
Several people have mentioned using acupuncture to treat the side effects of chemo. My treatment center is offering a telephone teletalk on the value of acupuncture in cancer treatment. If anyone is interested in attending here is the info: Moffitt Cancer Center Tuesday Teletalk 1/19/16 7:00 to 7:30 PM 1-800-206-6032 enter…
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My Mom's Surgery
My mom goes into the hospital on Tuesday for a hystirectomy; the good part is that we made it to surgery and her tumor shrunk by half. She is now cureative instead of controlable. The hard part is that I am more scared now then when she first got diagnosed, it is really hard to see my mom this way and I have no idea how to…
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Lymph node involvement in groin / arm pit
Greetings Everyone, During my hysterectomy I had 23 lymph nodes removed - all in my pelvic area. Prior to my dx I had a lot of pain in my left groin area and my arm pits. I told this to my oncologist prior to my hysterectomy but she couldn't feel any swelling and felt the chemo that followed my hysterectomy would address…
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Thank you Look Good Feel Better program by Am Cancer Society
I got to participate in the Look Good Feel Better program last Wednesday evening. The program was put on by volunteers from a beauty salon and even nurses at a local cancer care center. We received a makeup kit that was fabulous, filled with everything from moisturizers, night eye cream (Estee Lauder) , to concealers,…
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Post chemo recovery
I thought I'd start a new thread documenting how long it takes to recover from the various side effects of chemo, i.e., hair loss, neuropathy, etc. I know everyone is different, but it might be of value for those trying to get an idea of what to expect post chemo. I am 5 weeks post chemo, 6 rounds of carboplatin/taxol. I…
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Two Years NED
I finished chemo two years ago last week and 4 brachiatherapies(sp) in Fed. Had my two year yesterday and all looks good. I was diagnosed with UPSC Stage 3 c3; one bad lymph node out of 23. I tell myself before each exam I'm not nervous but lets get real. We can't help but have reserverations each time. My CA125 marker is…
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Finally starting to feel better
My last chemo was over five weeks ago and I'm finally starting to have some energy. Hopefully this means that my red blood count is back to normal. I don't gasp for air just walking from one end of the house to the other!!! My fingers, especially on my right hand, are still numb - I dropped a 2# open box of uncooked…
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?'s about Endometrial Stage 3C, Uterine & Breast Cancers
I was diagnosed with Endometrial Stage 3C on the 7th of December 2015. In the meantime, I had a mammogram which cameback with several abnormal spots. Biopsies were preformed & results came back on 1 that it is cancer. Met with the Gyn-Oncologist towards the end of December & was told that the cancer had also spread into my…
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sex after hysterectomy and chemo
Ladies, OK, this is personal and embarrassing but.... Had my fourth try at intercourse since my hysterectomy and I still hurt (a lot) and have slight bleeding afterwards. I used the KY Jelly as directed. Doesn't seem to make a difference. I'm 3 weeks out from chemo so I don't think that would cause this. It has been 5…