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    Ovarian Cancer

     

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    • User: "blondecat"

      primary peritoneal?

      A group of us women are terrified for our dear friend. She was resently diagnosed and is visiting her first oncologist tomorrow. We have read that the debulking surgery is the intial tratment done pri…
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      24 comments
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      Started by blondecat
      Most recent by Margo12
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "leesag"

      Next round of testing....

      Just an update... New: weird, soft, lump on my left ankle (disappears when I'm not standing)...not a blood clot...Doc has no clue MRI scheduled for Dec. 14. Also scheduled for Dec. 14: Mammogram (rout…
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      2 comments
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      Started by leesag
      Most recent by leesag
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "JMulkey"

      Good news I think

      Mom and I went to the oncologist today. Her tumor markers with chemo only are down to 102, she's had two chemo's. They started at 770. So we are hoping and praying that the chemo will get it in remiss…
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      5 comments
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      Started by JMulkey
      Most recent by Mwee
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "kellyh33"

      Second surgery anyone?

      Hi ladies, Mom had her initial surgery Sept 3rd and it was unsuccessful due to the location of the tumor. It was pretty well contained but it was too close to the blood supply to tell where the tumor …
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      7 comments
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      Started by kellyh33
      Most recent by Barbara53
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "Christine B."

      Any suggestions for fighting OVC through diet?

      I am at almost 3 months out from surgery and 3 chemo treatments for Stage IV . I have struggled with weight for years, and now wonder if it had anything to do with the crap that's probably been going …
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      8 comments
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      Started by Christine B.
      Most recent by pattysoo
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "hopefullma"

      need advise

      a very close friend of mine has stage 4 ovarian cancer,any thing i can do to help her.i have myself been though chemo and radiation for lung cancer ,i have tryed to help her any way i can,but i know i…
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      4 comments
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      Started by hopefullma
      Most recent by azgrandma
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "kellyh33"

      CT results

      Mom had a ct scan November 22nd, we got the results today and this is what they said. Mom has no fluid in her lungs or surrounding her tumour. The mass has not grown. I was hoping they would say it sh…
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      7 comments
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      Started by kellyh33
      Most recent by azgrandma
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "nancy591"

      Hospital bashing

      Does anyone remember me posting something awhile back about a friend who bashed my cancer center? She spoke about my hospital receiving federal funding and this was influencing their diagnosis. A frie…
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      7 comments
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      Started by nancy591
      Most recent by Hissy_Fitz
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "mhmassie"

      anyone with mixed mullerian cancer

      my wife has this type of cancer.the doctors said two years survial
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      2 comments
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      Started by mhmassie
      Most recent by upsofloating
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "poopergirl14052"

      Dieting while on tx

      My md says not to diet while getting chemo but i am gaining weight again. I lost 20 pounds last year and gained it all back. I try to eat healhly but i am hungry all the time it seems.
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      3 comments
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      Started by poopergirl14052
      Most recent by hopeful girl 1
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "judybumgarner"

      Diarrhea

      I was diagnosed with stage 2 Ovarian Cancer two years ago. I went through a hysterectomy and chemotherapy. In the year and a half since I finished chemo I have been battling diarrhea. My CA 125 has be…
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      7 comments
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      Started by judybumgarner
      Most recent by Mwee
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "poopergirl14052"

      Dieting while on tx

      My md says not to diet while getting chemo but i am gaining weight again. I lost 20 pounds last year and gained it all back. I try to eat healhly but i am hungry all the time it seems.
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      0 point
      Started by poopergirl14052
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "poopergirl14052"

      Dieting while on tx

      My md says not to diet while getting chemo but i am gaining weight again. I lost 20 pounds last year and gained it all back. I try to eat healhly but i am hungry all the time it seems.
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      0 point
      Started by poopergirl14052
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "JMulkey"

      Worried about my mom catching cold

      Ok, this may be silly, but I know that mom's white blood counts are down. They aren't too terribly low, but lower than normal. And just this evening I've started running a small fever and having a sor…
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      8 comments
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      Started by JMulkey
      Most recent by JMulkey
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "kayandok"

      December is break time

      for me and my body. After my drama in the chemo room last week, I did go in for a heart US, and everything checked out fine. My doctor thinks it was "overall fatigue" and suggested that I take some ti…
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      8 comments
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      Started by kayandok
      Most recent by pat1070
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "Chemo_Princess"

      Feeling scared

      A friend of mine who also has OVCA doesn't have much longer to live. Hospice was called in last week. She was diagnosed one year before me, she didn't even last 3 years!! This news has me really shake…
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      15 comments
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      Started by Chemo_Princess
      Most recent by zinaida
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "saundra"

      Saundra is at peace

      This is Joe, Saundra's husband. Sandy died peacefully at 1:30 p.m. CST after 27 days in the oncology department and an additional 18 days in the hospice unit. Before she left us, she was visited by al…
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      31 comments
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      Started by saundra
      Most recent by sanam
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "mhmassie"

      ca 125 test

      what does the result numbers mean
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      9 comments
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      Started by mhmassie
      Most recent by hopeful girl 1
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "terry p"

      Doxil

      This is my 3rd treatment for OC, I was less than 6 months in remission when my numbers flew off the chart. I had my CT Scan and it showed 3 small tumors 1 in the pelvic, 1 in the Lrg intestine and 1 i…
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      6 comments
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      Started by terry p
      Most recent by nancy591
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "lillin20"

      so sad and upset

      I posted a while back about my grandma. She was diagnosed with PPC in Oct 2005. She started carbo and tax right away and lasted 3 1/2 years before her relapse. Then they did some rounds of carbo. She …
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      5 comments
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      Started by lillin20
      Most recent by lillin20
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "poopergirl14052"

      Holidays

      Anyone have any ideas on how to manage the holidays while on tx. Sometimes I am too tired to shop and decorate.
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      4 comments
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      Started by poopergirl14052
      Most recent by clamryn
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "lindachris"

      Advice for Linda

      Having just read the heart-rending testimonies to Saundra from her husband Joe, and thinking about Bonnie, too, and further the post just recently on a 12 year survivor journey...want you all to know …
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      6 comments
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      Started by lindachris
      Most recent by lindachris
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "Marydale"

      first time contributor

      I have been reading this board for awhile and decided I should contribute. I was diagnosed on June 15th 2007 with Stage 1V ovarian cancer. Fluid on my lung was cancerous. I had 6 infusions of carbo/ta…
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      3 comments
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      Started by Marydale
      Most recent by Marydale
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "kayandok"

      Drama in the chemo room

      A bit of drama in the chemo room yesteday. After a few minutes of the decadron and anti-nausea pre-meds went into my drip, i began to feel a tightness in my chest. At first it was very mild, but quick…
      24 views
      12 comments
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      Started by kayandok
      Most recent by lindachris
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "JMulkey"

      So confused about mom's cancer

      Ladies, I really need some help here. Ok, we've been told that mom's CT scans showed nothing in the way of any tumors in her abdomen. Her liver was unremarkable. But she has some thickening in her ute…
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      5 comments
      0 point
      Started by JMulkey
      Most recent by kayandok
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "clamryn"

      Afraid

      I am really afraid right now. When I went to the bathroom to urinate today, I am seeing pink. I have put a call into my doctor but I am just scared to death.
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      9 comments
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      Started by clamryn
      Most recent by srwruns
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "azgrandma"

      Pray for my niece think she has cancer

      My niece just lost her Mother to cancer and now she may have cervical cancer, she get ultra sound the 10th if yuou can all pray for her
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      2 comments
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      Started by azgrandma
      Most recent by clamryn
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "LuvMyMom3"

      Great NEWS- re: mom's surgery

      The Dr told her she had the "best scenario she could of had" after surgery--- she did NOT have any colon issues and her spleen did not have to be taken! She had a hysterectomy and a tumor taken- and a…
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      1 comments
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      Started by LuvMyMom3
      Most recent by Mum2bellaandwilliam
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "joan60"

      Wishing

      all to have a Happy Thanksgiving with their family and friends and to enjoy their time together and not to think about what we are going through!! Toast to all, Joan
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      7 comments
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      Started by joan60
      Most recent by Mwee
      Ovarian Cancer
    • User: "Sandy10"

      I hate Insomnia :)

      it's 4am.I'm up for the 6th time tonight. you would think that with all the meds I'm on for neuropathy,hot flashes,leg pain,joint/body aches,stomach cramps and so forth, that one of them would help me…
      18 views
      15 comments
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      Started by Sandy10
      Most recent by Mwee
      Ovarian Cancer
     

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