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"You want pluck?" Part II
Carlene, remember when your pedicurist suggested a pluck for your toes? I have a Part II for you. I've lost my hair and most of my eyebrows due to radiation. I wear a scarf and I've gone back to drawing on my eyebrows. Apparently I did too good of a job, because when I went to the salon, my pedicurist looked at me and…
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Teal toes
Sisters don't forget to get you toe nails painted teal. September is OC Awareness month. Log on to teal toes and get your symptom cards so when someone asks about your beautiful toes you can give them a card. The cards are free and they have the symptoms of ovarian cancer. You can use it as a conversation starter. Painted…
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"Kitchen Table Wisdom"
Hi Everyone, i just recently read a book, titled KITCHEN TABLE WISDOM, by a Doctor named Rachel Remen. it's like no other book i have ever read, and is filled with wonderful stories, some sad, but mostly gives a person a different perspective seems like we have lost our way, living in a technological world, so this book is…
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First Treatment-was quite an experience
Well, my first treatment is over. For the most part it was just as many of you ladies described to me. The Benadryl didn't really affect me very much. So after the nurse talked to me about Chemo, filling my brain with all the information I needed to know, we got the Taxol started. She checked on me at the 10 minute mark.…
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Mouth sores
Anybody have any success dealing with mouth sores. I'm on caelyx (doxil).
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New development - Situation with my friend
First of all, many thanks to all of you for your thoughtful and compassionate replies. In addition to my husband’s bad neck, he has breathing problems somehow connected with his condition. So at this point in our lives I am in better shape than him and Jane recognizes this. A couple of you have asked how hubby took this…
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Teal toes
Sisters don't forget to get you toe nails painted teal. September is OC Awareness month. Log on to teal toes and get your symptom cards so when someone asks about your beautiful toes you can give them a card. The cards are free and they have the symptoms of ovarian cancer. You can use it as a conversation starter. Painted…
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Heart burn
Ok this may sound like a strange question but does the chemo cause Heart burn. I am having a lot of heart burn for several days after the chemo. Right now I don't know what is from the chemo and what is just normal stuff. I was just given the the new of cancer almost two months ago. This is all new to me sugestions whould…
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grating feeling when breathing
Hi All, DX stage IV ovarian through pleural effusion. Have only had 3 rounds of carbo/taxol. Due for surgery in about a month, so I don't know grade or type. Last chemo kicked my butt. Having a grating feeling around both lungs when lying down. Fear it is cancer adhesions? there and that I will have a very sub-optimal…
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Post Chemo Fatigue
Yes I know it takes a year to feel like yourself again. :) But I'm still wondering if the fatigue I am feeling is chemo related. It's been 5 months and it hasn't improved. I expected to get tired more easily and not have the same stamina. But I wake up tired, go to bed tired and never get any relief. My eyes want to close…
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I'm hungry...again... any suggestions?
I lost around 45 lbs. before/after surgery. For the first time in my life I had a dr. refer to me as thin. My oncologist told me before I began chemo to not lose any more weight. Never did I think I would have a dr. say those words to me. I've always heard, "lose weight." :) I know while taking chemo is not the time to…
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A posting question
Whenever I have posted here, I do a rough outline first and copy and paste. When it comes on the screen, it is a trimmed down version so I cannot say all I want to say. I notice that many of your posts are long - how do you manage to get everything into the posting so that the board accepts it? Ann
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Crazy high cost of Doxil & Nuelasta !!
My hospital billed my insurance company $30,800 for a single round of Doxil; and $17,000 for the Nuelasta shot I got the next day. My insurance negotiated that down and paid $24,000 for that single Doxil infusion, and $14,000 for the Nuelasta shot. So, even with the negotiated discount, my insurance is paying my oncology…
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What do you ladies think of this situation?
A month ago, hubby and I were visiting a friend who lives out of town. My hubby suffers from a bad neck due to arthritis. Jane has always been very concerned about him and started giving him advice as to what he should do to get better. I spoke up and said, “Yes I want John to get better not only for himself but because we…
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New CA125 numbers and Reika
I just got my new number......13! After 2 treatments! I started at 1150 before surgery. YIPPEE...so happy and smiles all day. I also went to my local American Cancer Society and scheduled a Reika treatment. Has anyone had this done? It was described to me as a massage without touching?? I am also scheduled to attent a…
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You want plucked?
My forty-ish middle son and I look amazingly alike these days. We both have very short, thin, salt-and-pepper hair. And since he is overdue for a haircut, and the back of his hair reaches almost to his collar, the style is very similar, too. Mine, of course, has more gray. I think about my hair at least once a day. What I…
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Card Shower for Ovarian Cancer Survivors 80th Birthday
My mom just finished chemotherapy for ovarian cancer and is celebrating her 80th birthday on July 11th. She is too weak and sick to have a party so I decided a card shower is the next best thing. Along with family and friends I came to this site because she could possibly get words of encouragement from women who knew what…
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Still here
These last few days have been rough. This chemo round is kicking my butt. Sending my best wishes to all.
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I am so p****d off :(
Its Isabella sports day today.I jjust asked mum if she wanted to tag along.She is so up and down with how she feels at the moment, she doesn't feel she can come.Mum said she was afraid of being sick , she has been sick nearly everday day now since she has come home from the hospital. I am just so fed up (and upset today)…
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How to care for a bald head
Okay....i am almost all the way bald...just some stubble left over from the shaving. How do i care for my new head? 1. Should I shampoo and condition? 2. Treat it like my face and cleanse, tone and moisturize? Occasional exfoliation and mask? 3. Just soap it up like the rest of my body? Lemme know ladies...you are the…
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Good Exam
It will be two years since my surgery on August 7th. Three weeks ago my CA-125 was 4. I saw my gyn/onc today. Upon examining me he said, "Everything looks good. No lumps, bumps, or bulges." Whew!
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Question for JoanC
Hi, I noticed on one of your responses to Blood Clots, you said you were on Fragmin. I was too. I was on this for 6 months and couldn't take the shots any more. The doc told me if I go back on Avastin, I'll have to go on the shots again. Did you give the shots yourself? Did you black and blue, I was full of black and blues…
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If you thought...
To whomever thought my post was offensive, I find that to be rude. Since this is supposed to be a place for SUPPORT. I didn't offend anybody. Your the offensive person whomever you are. Power, PEACE, PURPOSE Joyce
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PET/CT shows progression:(
Well, I am way overdue for an update, I guess. I had a PET/CT a couple weeks ago, showing progression and a new tumor (or extension of another one, they are not sure). I have 6 tumors total, and 2 of them in very difficult places (vena cava and behind the pancreas). I am on topo, but the CA125 is creeping up. Currently at…
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Blood clots
Has anyone been diagnosed with blood clots in their lungs from chemo? I was on chemo for 18 weeks with taxol/carbo (carbo every 3 weeks/with taxol), towards the end I had a hard time catching my breath after doing anything. My ct scan revealed no sign of decease but the radiologist spotted a blood clot so I had to go back…
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Bone pain???
Just wondering if there is anyone who didn't/doesn't have bone pain after chemo? I'm wondering if having bone pain is preventable/treatable or just related to individual differences. And if someone did AVOID having bone pain, was there anything that you may have done differently than the women who DID have bone pain? Or…
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Garlic Festival
Went to Garlic Festival today with my friend Martha and her friend. It is a big deal here in Gilroy. I have only gone three or four times since it started in the late seventies. I always say it's for tourists. The weather was beautiful. Hot but in low nineties. There was a cool breeze blowing. I haven't been doing too well…
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The Hospice Conversation
First, no, I'm not ANYWHERE needing hospice care. I still plan on returning to school, cancer free, on August 22nd. However, it occurred to me that it would be easier to get honest responses from my husband if I broach the subject of hospice while I'm still healthy. (It's hard to tell a very very sick person that it would…
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Claritin to help with Neupogen side effects?
I noticed that one or two of you mentioned taking Claritin the day of your neupogen shots....I assume this abates some of the side effects. Can someone verify/deny this? I'm in treatment and have had to take the neupogen shots from the get go (4 each chemo session). I am getting increased bone/joint pain which I attribute…
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Had a great foot massage yesterday
Stopped by Face in the Mirror yesterday and Particia gave me the best foot massage I have ever had. She is going to let me come once a week for a massage, she says it will help the neuropathy in my feet. If you get a chance to stop by face in the mirror, i highy recommend them. Hugs to all Lynda