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Has anyone ever needed to take an anxiety pill
I was wondering if anyone has ever needed to take something for the anxiety from cancer. I am presently taking BuSpar to help with my anxiety and with my trouble sleeping. If anyone has ever taken something like this, could you please let me know if it helped. Thanks.
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video
I was trying to organize some older videos. I came across this short clip with me and one of my sons. This was taken after my 'big sugery' but before I started chemo in 2008. You can notice the puffiness of my ostomy bag so the one side of my leg looks a bit distorted. I think the video clip is totally adorable and I hope…
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Heading back to NYC tomorrow
I will be getting my 4th round of the clinical trial drug (ovarian cancer vaccine) on Wednesday. When I go back in April and May it will be just for labs and exam. My last injection will be in June. Carlene
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In the grand scheme of things this is not important
but I was wondering if anyone lost their eyelashes a second time after chemo was done. I had my last chemo on 9/16/2010 and my eyelashes grew in soon after. I don't wear makeup that often since I retired and stay home a lot but the other day I started to put mascara on and noticed on my right eye that there were three long…
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Advice Needed about visiting.
My 17 year old daughter has been dealing with clinical depression since she was nearly 14. She has been seeing a psychologist for and on since then. Her depression comes in waves, she can be good for 6 months and then depressed for 6 months. When she is depressed it is really bad, self injury, not eating etc. This cycle…
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Where's my hair?
Yesterday was chemo #6 of 6. I woke up this morning still bald, not even a fuzz starting. I thought my hair would grow back after chemo? (OK I'm just kidding) It was an emotional day at the end with my son there as they pulled the plug. March was always a special month as he will be 20 the last day of this month and now it…
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A Trick To Help With Fear
My mother died of breast cancer when I was 4, and her 3 sisters also died of cancer fairly early, so I grew up in fear that it would be my fate also. One day I realized that I might live to 90, and would have spent all that time in fear. That day I chose to fight the fear and it gradually stopped being a factor in my life.…
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MOAb-003
Does any one know anything about MOAb-003 clinical trials? My wife has had a significant growth and several new lesions some of which are on her liver. She was in another clinical trail and it just didn't work. I think we are going to sign up for this new one but I just wondered if there was any data of results out there.…
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Not the news I wanted to hear: platinum resistant/more surgery needed
I was diagnosed with recurrent ovarian cancer back in November 2010, started 6 rounds of carbo/taxol (which put me in almost 1 year remission back in 2009). Along with the chemo I was on a research trial for morab. Found out last week that the numerous tumors in my abdomen are not shrinking (initially scans showed some…
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CT Scan Some good news and not so good news.....
I had my CT scan done on Tuesday and got a call from the chemo doctor yesterday. We were on the road about a 1 1/2 hours out taking a trip from San Diego to Arizona. He said that the CT scan was "better" but the radiologist found a blood clot in my right upper leg. We returned to the hospital and I was taught how to give…
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Kate (DisneyNutt) response from AntCat
Hi Kate, thanks for your answer. It is very true about anxiety and when people tell you not to worry, I think it's only natural to worry, especially since the cancer never seems to want to leave some people. I get very tired of trying chemo after chemo and nothing works. Since last February, I've taken Gemzar, Carboplatin…
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pray for angela
Angelas pet scan shows cancer after just 8 weeks after chemo and a clear ct scan. Surgery and chemo again for Angela. Please pray for Angela and her family.
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Kayandok/Kathleen ??? How Are You?? / #3 cycle for me
Hi - Just wondering how you and your family and friends all are. Knowing you may be without electricity for a while, but hope to hear from you. Prayers going on strong for Japan and all that have been affected by this castastophe. I had my #3 of second round of Carbo-Taxol yesterday so feeling the steroid punch today and a…
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Remission
One year down 4 to go. Additude is everything! I've had nothing but praise on how well I'm doing. I keep a positive aditude about everything and praise God for his many blessings. The ony thing that causes me any problem, is good friends who are dieing from other forms of cancer. It becomes hard to deal on those days. If…
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Nausea & vomiting: Prevention is best
I found interesting info about chemo-induced nausea & vomiting on the Mayo Clinic web site: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cancer/CA00030/METHOD=print On the #3 carbo treatment I had vomiting without nausea. I also read that hiccups are a side effect of carbo and that research found that hiccups have an inverse…
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I get my PET scan next week
I get my pet scan next tue if you can all pray i will be cancer free again. I am getting really anxious about it, but the good thing is my ca 125 is still at 8 so that is very hopeful. Thanks to all the wonderful people on this site, you feel like my family and I love you Lynda
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pray for angela
Angelas pet scan shows cancer after just 8 weeks after chemo and a clear ct scan. Surgery and chemo again for Angela. Please pray for Angela and her family.
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wigs
I have three wigs purchased from the American Cancer Society which I would like to give or donate to anyone needing one. I live in Orange County California and can mail them or bring them to you. None of them have been worn much because they did not fit properly or I did not like the color or style on me. You can e-mail me…
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20 year old with OV C
My 20 year old daughter was recently diagnosed with Grade 2/State 3c OC. Underwent total hysterectomy and going to begin chemo in about 3 weeks... this is our first experience with the "C" word and she simply won't hear it!!!! WHAT TO DO!!!! Dana, mom to 3 wonderful young women
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extreme fatique from carbo/taxol
hi, i would like to know if anybody else had extreme fatique from carbo/taxol. i am half way - 3 treatments down, 3 more to go and fatique and neuropathy getting progressivly worse. Fatique is killing me, especially being high energetic person on regulat basis, i feel like a log, can not do anything, even write an email…
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carbo/taxol
I get taxol weekly and cabo/taxol every 3 weeks. I was really nervous before I started this treatment up, this is my second round of chemo, first time was more extensive. I was 2 weeks on and 9 days off for 18 weeks and did really well. This time I'm only once a week and am feeling scary good, I keep waiting for the other…
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Dreams/Nightmares
Ok...so I've been a lurker lately. Things are going well for me. In January, CA125 was 13. However, for the past week, I've had nightmares every night, nightmares about the cancer returning. Last night, I dreamed that I was in the waiting room of the hospital and the nurse called my name. I couldn't hear her, so I called…
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Well....here's something I think I can handle
Drink a Second Cup of Coffee It might lower your risk of adult-onset diabetes, according to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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CA125 160 with clear PET/CTscan
Any thoughts on having a clear PET/CT scan but CA125 is 160? My mom had a PET/CT scan done (3 week ago) and the gyn/onc told her you have NO cancer in there. Very encouraging, right? But her CA125 was 89 at the time and now it jumped to 160. Doctor didn't seem to concerned about it and told her she would see her in a…
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Jayne Armstrong, may she rest in peace
Jayne passed away this morning - peacefully (thank God) - with her devfoted husband Jimmy at her side. Jayne was my hero. I am beyond sad, and frankly, I am scared. If it could get the best of Jayne, what chance do I have? Jayne's will to live was stronger than anyone's I have ever known. How cruel that I have plans to…
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High Blood markers in the ovaries with no primary tumor there or anywhere else!
My mom had a back pain for two months before her doctor decided to order an MRI that showed tumors on her back bone that are pressing on the nerves and causing a severe pain. She was referred to a neurosurgeon who has operated on her back and removed some tissues. He couldn't remove everything because tumors were very…
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Clean Colonoscopy & Need Help With Questions for Doctor
I finally had a colonoscopy yesterday, my first ever. I was extremely nervous about it because of the weird GI problems I'd been having since New Year's. I woke to hear that everything was fine, not even any polyps. I'm so glad I've got that taken care of! I'm having my 6 month check up next week, on the 15th, and have put…
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Hope Line for Ovarian Cancer
I don't know if this info has already been posted but I thought I would share this from the ocrf.org web site. I noticed that that site has survivor stories and a tribute wall. 877-OV-HOPE-1 The Hope Line, 1-877-OV-HOPE (1-877-684-6731), is a free telephone counseling and referral service that helps patients and families…
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Halfway thru the vaccine trial
I just got home last night and was sooooooooo happy to land in DFW's 70+ degree time zone. New York was cold, but then we went to Connecticut to visit family for a couple of days and it was FREEZING. So far I have had literally no side effects, unless you count a slight redness at the injection site, and even that's gone…
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CT results
Mom got her results today. Her tumour has not grown but it has not shrunk since her initial diagnosis. They say this is good news but it is good news but i wish it had shrunk.