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coming to the end of my dense dose taxol
Hi everyone, I have not updated in a while, so thought I would check in. I started dense dose taxol and carbo in September after flunking doxil, and then taking the summer off. My CA125 immediately dived to 22 after a couple months, but neuropathy, a cardio issue, and fatigue drove me to plead for a break over Christmas.…
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natural and holistic remedies
can anyone give me ideas and helpwith alternative remedies ? I am stage 4 OC
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my hair is not falling out
I have a question for those of you on dense dose taxol. I started dense dose taxol in September and lost most of my hair after six weeks or so. When I took a 6 week break, my hair grew back very rapidly. I have been back on dense dose taxol - 60mg x m2 (100mg) every week for 3 weeks, since January, and it is not falling…
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Black TAXOL TOENAILS: & new study report
I had no idea that cold pack gloves and slippers during infusion could prevent the black falling-pff toenails caused by some taxane chemos! (made my think of Carlene's post on her toenails from taxol & my own blackened nails! Here's a new report that just came out: Skin Conditions Can Have Severe Impact in Cancer Patients…
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Ports for Chemo
My mom,80 years old, who has been dealing with her cancer for over 4 1/2 years, will have a port inserted on Tuesday, before she begin her next and newest chemo. Thoughts on the port, good thing, bad?
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mmmt
my wife has mmmt she had a hysterectomy and chemo now spreaded to back at t-4 and doudenum area adrenal glands and a spot on the liver
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A Positive note
I have faced a lot of adversity over the past decade or so. I watched my Mom fight a recurrence of breast cancer she had in 1973. It came back in her bones & lungs-they gave her a year at best- that was Christmas 1992...the week before she died she was in Vegas. She passed in June 1997. I was my husbands caretaker after…
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This Is What Happens When You Have Had Ovarian Cancer
Good Morning, I will back up to a couple of weeks ago. I start a new part-time job. I am on my feet for a couple of hours a day, so I start taking alot of advil and aleve for joint pain. 2 weeks go by and I start having alot of stomach pain. Shooting pains when I eat very high up and just all over abdominal pain. I know I…
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Help with web site
Will someone tell me how to make a friend where I can contact somebody directly. I don't know how to do that on this site.
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Avastin/taxol regimen
My avastin/taxol regimen is a 3 week cycle. Avastin/taxol week 1, taxol week 2, avastin/taxol week 3. 1 week off. I just had my 2nd dose of taxol yesteday and still have no hair loss. Doc says on the lower weekly dose it takes longer to fall out. I did buy a new wig just in case.
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Doxil Delay - Suggestions?
Not supposed to be typing... I was supposed to have Doxil (3rd round) on Tuesday, but my oncologist took a look at my hands and postponed chemo. I had not noticed a problem with my hands, but he pointed out specific issues that he called "classic Doxil." My palms are red, the lines on my palms and the creases where my…
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Made it to another birthday!
Today is my birthday. i am now 44. :) Last year on my birthday I was in ICU after my debulking surgery. I remember crying and my husband (my AMAZING husband) telling me, it's ok baby, next year your Birthday will be awesome! My nurse and my respiratory therapist came in my room and sang Happy Birthday to me. At that time I…
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Worried about losing my health insurance
Hi, I'm new here. I was diagnosed with Stage 3c ovarian cancer in Sep 2010. I have had surgery and everything was removed except a cancerous lymph node on top of my pancreas. I finshed my 6 cycles of chemo about 3 1/2 weeks ago. I am currently being mapped for radiation treatment to the lymph noded noted above. The…
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Fiance` has cervical cancer.. Help please
Hey everyone, this is a new thing for me i guess.. I am in love and just found out tonight that my fiance` has cervical cancer. She is scared and so am I, I want to be strong for her and tell her all will be ok. Is this true? I mean the only cancer I have ever known is my friend who died of lukiema, and my close close aunt…
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just couldn't bring myself to do chemo this week
Hi Dear Hearts, I've been chemoing for the past thirteen months for my 1st recurrance (diagnosed 3C/May 2006)/doing carbo/gemzar on a three weeks turnaround since last Sept. The last several carbos have brought allergic reactions, so although I've been able to get through them, it's taken tons of steroids and endless…
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2nd vaccine injection and all is well
I had the second vaccine injection last Friday (Feb 11th) and have no side effects at all, other than a bit of redness at the injection site. No soreness, no fever. I am going back Thurs and will get number 3 on Feb 18th. After that I may move to the Wednesday schedule, which is when they normally see Phase I trial…
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blood clots
Last year I developed a small blood clot during my oc surgery. For 1 year I was on Coumadin. Has anyone received chemotherapy and been on coumadin? I understand that blood clots usually dissolve within 6 months and would eventually like to get off of a blood thinner. If anyone has had any experience with this please let me…
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Nan - Goatiegirl
Nan, how are you doing? I have been praying for you. Linda
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bye bye hair
just wanted to share - right on the clock.... two weeks after my first carbo/taxol treatment my hair started to fall out, it was annoying and depressing. Tonight my husband shaved my hair. Have to say i feel kind of relieved, liberated. #1 - it does not look that horrible. I have tried my Wig and hats, scarves - not bad at…
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Hi all.....
Happy Valentines Day to you. Hugs and be well....Silver Fox 15 year survivor of stg. 4 ovca. No recurrence to date. Keep the faith!!!!
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ABT Parp Inhibitator
I know there was a clinical trial involving Doxil and the ABT Parp Inhibitator. Has anyone been able to get on this trial and receive the Parp Inhibitator and not Doxil. Everything that I've been reading on this site indicates people were given Doxil first. If anyone received the Parp Inhibitator, how is it working?
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Bad Day
It is Sunday. I got my mail from Saturday and my daughter was in the car with me. The letter from Advance Radiology came with the results from Mamograghy: "Need further evaluation..." I kept cool, don't want to alarm my daughter. I have a doc appointment this coming Friday and hoping it is just a form letter all cancer…
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Today is my birthday.
Today is my first birthday since my diagnosis on March 16, 2010. I decided to throw myself a party. So last week I made the guest list and planned the menu. The next day I decided not to have a party because it would be a lot of work. A few days later I decided I wanted the party (no ladies it's not the chemo, it's just…
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Gemzar
I am fighting my first recurrence and 'am now a carbo/doxil flunkee. The Doc is switching midstream to carbo/gemzar. I get the full dose the first week, then just gemzar the second week. I got "the sheet," that tells you all the things that can go wrong. Can anybody share their experience with this drug? I did well on…
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Oncology Drug Shortages Proposed Legislation
Please weigh in with your senators ! Amy Klobuchar and Bob Casey have proposed legislation to address oncology drug shoratges. If you research, you will find that there are serious ongoing oncology drug shorastges (If you are curious, there is full picture on FDA Drug Shortage website). This legislation will give early…
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Stage 3 Ovarian Cancer at 25
I am new to this site and I am glad I have found a place to turn to. I was diagnosed with Stage 3 ovarian cancer at 25. I am cancer free now for almost 2 years. I had both ovaries removed but I still have my uterus. Finding out I can never have biological children of my own was the most devestating thing. Everyone around…
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Started Avastin today; picking up Cytoxin in pill form tomorrow to add to my regime. Got my CT/PET
Got my results today from last week's CT/PET. That 550 point rise in CA125 these past 2 months I was on carboplatin was from significant disease progression in my liver. Mets there now involve 35% of my liver, but my oncologist said you can have normal liver function even with 90% involvement. Otherwise the scan showed…
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Avastin and red wine
Here is a link with several articles on Avastin. The one with avastin and red wine is the last article on the page. http://cancerfocus.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3152&highlight=Avastin here is another article about Avastin and ovca: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/215988.php
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Treatment of Avastin and Cytoxan
I've been reading alot of posts here where more and more ladies seem to be going on Avastin/cytoxan. Has anyone gone through the whole regimen of Avastin/Cytoxan. What was the outcome of it? I've also read where after the Avastin/Cytoxan, people could go on Avastin maintenance and was wondering how that worked out. Thanks.
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yep, always something
Was sooooo close to the completion of chemo, today was to be number 5 of 6. My white blood count (abs. neutrophils) were absolutely tanked! It amazes me how I could feel so good, eating well, wonderful walks, hiking and yoga and then boom, some blood work says you are really at high risk for an infection. The abs.…