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reaction to contrast dye in ct scan
I just had my ct scan today after my 6 rounds of carbo/taxol. realy hoping the tumor on the liver that they couldn,t get during the big surgery is gone or shrunk or at least not bigger. I should get results on tuesday and if everything is good I will still be in the avastin trial. anyway last ct scan I got just 1 hive on…
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Femara
I am to start Femara, given for estrogen receptive breast cancer. Been researching the internet and it is kind of new... They did not test my cells at surgery but the hospital still has the tissue samples and i have requested the test. Don't know if I will get it or not. Anyone tried this? Is supposed to be easier than…
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CHRISTMAS CARDS
Hello to all my Friends: For years I have been purchased Christmas cards from the ACS. However, this year I was hoping to find some that would specifically support Ovarian Cancer research, etc. Is anyone aware? I've done some Google searches and only came up with notecards, as opposed to Christmas cards. And the money…
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Abdominal CAT Scan results
Hi all, fortunately my Mom`s back pains have calmed lately she is now 3 weeks away from her last chemo so feeling a little better. Thanks to God the Dr. sais the results were better than what he had expected. Bones look fine, and he said that he couldn`t see cancer were it was before(retroperitoneal lymph glands. What he…
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Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Hi friends - I just wanted to tell you that I took Bonnie's advice and did a little something to spread the news about ovarian cancer. We had our annual support staff training this past Tuesday and Wednesday and after hearing that there were so many new people on the board and so many of our dear friends that were having…
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ca 125
Hey all! God bless you all, and may he carry us all through the good and bad times. I just called about my ca 125 and it went up, not much, from 139 to 181. I am trying not to get upset, but here I go. I know that that number is suppose to be just a poo poo number, dont take it too seriously, and God knows I try not to,…
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Tamoxifen and CA-125
Hello to all, As I've posted before, I've been prescribed tamoxifen because my CA-125 started rising in September last year. It peaked at 284 about two months after I started taking tamoxifen, and has been going down since. My October reading was 114, still high, but not causing me much concern. Since the CA-125 started…
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How does an abnormal pap test relate to previous ovarian cancer?
I received a call from the nurse at my doctor's office late this afternoon. I waited 16 days for the results and finally called this morning since I didn't get a postcard in the mail. There were some abnormal cells on my cervical cuff (cervix removed during surgery Jan. 2007) but she says it doesn't mean cancer. I think…
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Update
Hi ladies, It has been awhile since I have written....I'm just now beginning to feel better. I went to see my Onc last Weds and he increased my pain meds,stopped my diuretics,changed my nausea med to Zofran and gave me megace for appetite. I also needed pottasium and magnesium..so I have had 3 4 hour infusions of those…
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Report on CT
Well, the CT scan did not show anything, but they don't show spots or lesions less than 1 cm. The physical detected nothing either but because the CA-125 is such a good marker for me, a rise from below 10 to 50 in two months indicates that something is growing and we just can't see it yet. I have three choices (1) Continue…
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New to this board
Hi, I have been been feeling isolated and alone in fighting my battle against ovarian cancer. I live in a relatively small town and the only person I know with this disease in currently in hospice. I am 48 and survived breast cancer (stage 3) at age 40. I was diagnosed in April of this year, presenting with constipation…
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pain issues
Hi everyone - I am 9 1/2 months out of treatment and still dealing with pain issues in my lower body. A couple of weeks ago I saw that Saundra had mentioned that she also had pain issues at one point. I am scheduled to see a Rheumatologist in November (took me 6 months to get in) to see if he can come up with a 'reason'…
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Neurapathy symptoms
Hello ladies, I'm having some strange sensations lately and I was wondering if they are the beginnings of neurapathy. I have a chilly and numb feeling at my upper thigh. It tingles like I just had a cold chill..hair raising....and then I feel some kind of muscle stretching in my toes on the same left leg and feet. I'm…
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New Here
Hello. My name is Tracie and I am a new member here. I am 43 years old, and was diagnosed on January 7th, 2008 with stage 3b ovarian. I have since gone through surgery (which just left behind microscopic bits and a few seedlings on my diaphragm) and intraperitoneal chemo. I had my 3 month after chemo check-up on sepember…
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My Mom´s 3rd year with OVCA
Hi all... I just wanted to share my Mom`s milestone... 3 years today.. I´m so so so grateful with God for letting me have her these years which have gone by so fast. Thanks to this time she has shared with me my wedding, my 1st pregnancy and birth of my son, his baptism, my 2nd preganacy, not to mention 3 X-mas and New…
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Avastin
My name is Terry Paci, I am 43 yrs old and I have just completed my 6th treatment of carbo/taxol, I am on the avastin and have been since the 2nd treatment, after I had my 1st treatment of Avastin I broke out in a rash and I was determined to leave the trial due to this problem, when I talked to my Dr. he actually talked…
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Latest Update
My Mom started having severe back pains since last Monday which don`t allow her to sleep because she can´t stand putting her spinal cord to rest not even on her pillows. She has been "sleeping" sitting on her bed for the past days and taking pain meds. This was only happing at night but yesterday it happened in the…
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6th chemo
I had my sixth chemo today. they had a heck of a time finding veins so they finally went to the crook of my arm and it worked. i've been on carbo /taxol/and avastin or plaebo every three weeks. my ca 125 was down to 7 and went to 9 hopefully that isn't anything I get a ct scan on the 24th and if the 5 cm tumor on my liver…
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Interview with our local paper
Hi Everyone, Last Thursday the local paper interviewed for Ovarian Cancer Awareness, because I write an article each year and send it to the Letter to Editor section. Anyway, just in case you were interested in reading the link below should bring you to the feature story they did in the Kanabec times for Ovarian Cancer…
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New here with a few questions...
Hello all!!! I'm new here and have a few questions that I was hoping you fantastic ladies could help me with. ***FYI--I'm a military dependent that has no choice, but to utilize military medical facilities.*** For the last eight months I have been dealing with exhaustion, which is progressive in nature. In the last two and…
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symptoms before diagnosis
This is my first time here. I was diagnosed Sept.14,2007. I had my first treatment of taxol/carboplaten on October 1st,2007. My last and sixth treatment was Jan. 21,2008. My ca125 is down to eight and I feel better than I have in years. I had my last check up Sept.8,2008. My next check up is Jan. 2009. That will be a four…
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Topotecan
Hello, everyone! I'm hoping to get feed-back on the Topotecan chemotherapy. I know that many of you have been on it. My doctor has suggested it for me. I would appreciate knowing how well you did, and what the side effects were. I'm pretty down in the dumps today after my appt. with my oncologist yesterday. I think I need…
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Carbo starts this weekend
Hi Everyone, My body is not coming back like we hoped, but I think it is the best my bonemarrow will do anymore. My wbc and anc are still very low, but my hemoglobin made it over 10 finally. Anyway I start the carbo on Sat/Sun to see if it will work again. That is if the hospital has a bed for me, I have to have desentized…
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Severe Contipation
Hi ladies, it's been a while but since my pregnacy due date is getting closer I'm very tired and busy. My Mom just had chemo last Thursday and a severe constipation issue which is making her very unconfortable, not able to eat and frustrated... she had tried drinking water, small walks, yogurts that are made for this,…
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new cancer patient
Hi to everyone. I hope you don't mind me joining the chat group. I am not a cancer patient. My sister, however, is. She was diagnosed with Stage 3 ovarian cancer in April and finished her 18 chemo treatments on Sept. 5. She is not loving life right now. I have so many questions about this, but I feel really uncomfortable…
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Update
Well, my CA-125 was up to 50 so we have decided (my oncologist and I) not to take the chemo of Taxol today (my 12th out of 12 low dose) as it appears not to be working from the CA-125. I will have the CT scan on the 8th and a physical by the GYN/ONC from Dallas on the 15th and then conference to see what the next course…
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narcotic induced constipation
I have had problems with severe constipation since starting on pain meds and no relief from any laxatives or life-style changes with the last boost to oxycontin. Lucky to get a small bm, even enema assisted and as long as 5 days. The body just stopped having to go. My daughter-in-law talks with her obgyn about me with…
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maintenance chemotherapy
Hi, I have only been on this board since March. I have stage 111c and am getting my 4th treatment of carbo/taxol plus a clinical trial of avastin/placebo on June 16th. I have 4 more to go. My doctor had suggested a maintenance program after I finish all 8 treatments of chemo for 1 year. Has anyone done this and had good…
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wasnt meant to feel like a heart breaker
Hey ladies, These past few days have been rough on me. Ive been through so much. Last night i cried myself to sleep literally. I always thought it was a just a statement but it can actually be done. I woke up with a headache that was out of this world. I feel like the world is crashing down on me. I stay up all night…
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Can a flu vaccine or Hep A vaccine increase the CA??
Hi again everybody!! Well, I was feeling a little bloated and got a little concerned as I also had some diarrhea. So I went down and had a CA125 done. (I had finished 5 rounds of IP Cisplatin Chemo in April, and the Dr. said in May that I was "in remission"). Anyway, my last CA's were 3.5 in May, and 4.3 in July. Now it…