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7.2 lb baby and 6 lb tumor
Hello, My story is one of strength, determination and love. I had given birth to a beautiful heathly 7 lb 2 oz baby boy on April 22, 2007. The doctors delivered Matthew by c-section (vertically). The week following my delivery, my vital signs were deteriorating and the doctors could not figure out what was wrong. They…
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Back to the job today
Hello everybody! Well, I did it. I went to work today......WOOHOO! I worked 4 hours. I am sure I could have made it a whole day but my coworkers weren't going for it. It felt so good to be back there. I think it may have even felt better to have someplace to go. My brother jokes that he has a "magic" house because when he…
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just stopping by checking on my favorite ladies and to update
hey ladies, i must say ive been in theslumps for a few days for some strange reason it feels like im facing this disease. Anyway my sister is still the same no news is good news her CAT 125 is pretty high so she is in the hospital been there for 3 days now her numbers is 1067 and remind u just had a hysterecomy and…
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and the saga continues
I got to la friday had an ØК time it wasn't the same without my otherhalf. I'm currently at airport to return to nyc. Only to have to go to hospital to see sister its like her new home. Since her 1st chemo didn't go so well they are gonna give it to her in hosp and on wed she is free to go home. My brother told me that my…
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Going to work on Monday!
I am sooooo excited. I have my release to return to work on Monday. I will be going back on an as needed basis. The hospital I work at has been so helpful in the 7 months I have been off. My Doctor released me with no restrictions, but my co-workers have said they are not letting me work myself silly. I will be doing 1/2…
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update
Well friends I have gotten the news that I am indeed having another recurrence. I'm so disappointed because I just finished Topo on June 2nd. I will be having this fluid drained tomorrow and sent to see if I'm ER positive. Then I will start Navelbine next Thurs. 2 weeks on 1 week. Since 6 cycles doesn't seem to last me too…
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Floridajo and Paula2
Hi there, I was reading your posts on recurrences and since you both have taken Tamoxifen I wanted to know how it works and when it´s administrated. Do you take it during chemo or after chemo so have a better chance of a recurrence? My Mom had Cisplatin and Gemzar after 1st chemo(8 months), Oral Femara, 3cycles of Avastin…
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My Family
My mom has been fighting her cancer for 3 years now.She was in remission for 2 and we have learned that the treatment is not working so we had to stop.Since then her cancer is at a standstill and she has some pain.Before she wanted to continue to work and do regular things when she was told not to for a while and now she…
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Low Back Pain
Okay, I haven't come across this yet and have a question. Have any of you that had ovarian cysts had low back pain that went into your hips and down your thighs? I am finding that now I have this new thing and if I didn't know better I would think my spinal tumor was back. It has got so that standing is tough as well as…
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I just want to help, but I don't know how...
My grandmother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer last year, (07). She just started her second round of chemo last wed. During her "resting period", after the first treatment, her numbers went from low 100's into the 1000's. She is now in her 70's, weighing , maybe , 95 pounds, and is stage 4. The whole family, including my…
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ER Visit
hello everyone, all of a sudden things turned pretty bad.. my sister ROBIN and i came from beauty parlor went shopping brought her some nice clothes to wear and ate food and headed to her house we laughed we talked and suddenly things just went terrible wrong.. I notice my sister was pretty quiet so i relaxed on couch and…
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Six Years
My cancer survivorship has passed its sixth anniversary, and I'm glad to report that my CA-125 has dropped even more - this past Thursday it was down to 140, from a high of 284 earlier this year. The only drug I'm taking for it is tamoxifen, and the only side effects I've noticed are hot flashes and brittle fingernails (if…
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recurring ovarian cancer
my name is tina and i was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1992. I have had 3 reocurrences and am currently starting a new round of chemo. I was wondering if any one has had problems with reactions with chemotherapy drugs.
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Anniversary
Greetings. August 27 was the anniversary of our joining this board. A year ago my wife had just found out about the recurrence of ovarian cancer. No need for reviewing all that. But I wanted to say thanks to everyone who pitched in and helped us through. Of course we're just 6 months out of treatment. Fortunately no signs…
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Traditional Chemo and Abdominal Chemo
Hi Everyone My husbands cousin has recently been diagnosed with stage IIIc ovca. Her treatment is Taxol/Carbo split into 2 treatments. Half of the dose on Monday and the remainder on Wednesday every 3 weeks. Her doctor treats everyone like this and says that most people handle it better. After 6 treatments he will then…
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Home
Hi Everyone, I am home, we came home yesterday and Toby will be home today. We had some hard news on Thursday, the cancer has grown. I see my gyn/onc on Sept 11th and have labs the next couple weeks at Fairview Northland in Princeton, only 25 miles from me. Hopefully my body will start producing new blood cells and I won't…
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Insomnia for chemo night
Does anyone else have trouble with insomnia the night you get chemo? I try unsuccessfully to doze a little there, and am tired until about 10 pm, then I wake up. It's now 3:30 am and I still can't sleep. I know they warned me that one of the side effects of one of my anti-reaction drugs (Dexamethasone) was not being able…
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TRYING TO BE HELPFUL
HELLO, LADIES AGAIN I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND YOUR POST TO ALL MY QUESTONS. bUT TODAY I COME TO YOU GUYS JUST TO RELEASE SOME STEAM OFF MY MIND. i VISITED SISTER YESTERDAY AND HELPED HER AROUND THE HOUSE WITH DAILY CHORES. ALL WAS WELL UNTIL I LEFT I GET A PHONE CALL AT 2:52AM AND ITS HER CRYING…
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Abdominal Fluid
Hi ladies, I have heard some of you talk about fluid filling your abdomen and was courious about this. I am about six weeks out of surgery and my abdomen seems to be filling out again. I have never had great abdominal muscles and after having 2 kids the second of which was over 9 lbs I haven't had a flat belly in years.…
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Update on Jenna~ sorry its been a while...
Hello Ladies: Its Jesse her fiance as most of you know...Jennas treatments werent going very well at all. Her body pretty much rejected everything and we were told she was terminal a couple of weeks ago, well the other day she collapsed (shes been having problems with headaches and her legs just all of a sudden giving out…
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LUV, HUGS, PRAYERS
This past week there seems to have been a flood of distressing, sad posts to this board. I've responded to some, but this morning I felt compelled to post separately, yet collectively to all of you. I'm sad to hear of Polly's passing. After the suffering we see and endure on this earth, death is the next most difficult…
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Polly aka Shortstuff passed away
I am not sure how many of you knew Polly? We met about 1 1/2 years ago, after we found out we were both in MN and didn't live all that far apart. Anyway, she passed away August 19th, I got an email from her husband Jerry on the 20th. She told him to email me and let me know she'll be praying for me from heaven now. ;-( I…
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Hello Ladies
First let me say I'm sorry I have been gone for so long...time seems to slip by so fast. I'm very happy to see the site has been revamped and is working really fast. I for one will be on here more often..that was part of the reason I wasn't here,the site was soooo slow. I completed my chemo on June 2nd for my second…
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whats the differnece
hey guys yes im still playing private eye to no avail did i get the full story from my sister soooo im back again. I read alot of post and almost everyone says they had surgery im just wondering what type of surgery. and most importantly what is the difference between a hysterectomy and debulking. I also read post of woman…
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Da Vinci hysterectomy surgery
Hi Everyone...Meeting with the doc tomorrow to discuss my upcoming surgery and his nurse told me when she gave me a reminder call, that the doctor was thinking about doing this surgery for me. So I went right to the internet to see what I could about it. My question to all of you is ...have any of you had this type of…
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I guess I should have started with, "I'm new here" instead of digging in without an introduction.
Anyway, yes I'm new here. I've answered some posts and done a lot of reading of the posts - in that order. I don't regret answering the posts before reading...and that isn't usually the case. I often times "stick my foot in my mouth." I live in VA, just outside of Washington, DC. I've been 'sickly' for many years, but just…
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side effects of Mitoxantrone for advanced OC
Anyone had this drug? I have some serious edema in foot and of all places, the vulva or outer vagina. Doc will probably answer as to what's next, tomorrow, but I'm searching for answers in the community. Wrote a longer post, only to lose it when the my page dealy needed updating. Anyway, I've been having one chemo after…
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puzzle almost put together but somehow i dont think so
Hey guys what a labor day literally, well i first want to thank all of you for your support and trying to help me solve this puzzle but good and bad news well to begin... I went over to her sister house with icecream her favorite flavor and told her we must talk and before u know it she broke out in world of tears it was…
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Hi Everyone
Hi Everyone, This is my first post as I just joined today. I had surgery in July for what my gynocologist thought was just a really big cyst (26x19x10). That turned out to be stage Ic Ovarian cancer. I was very fortunate that it started to hurt enough to make me go in. I started chemo about 2 1/2 weeks ago and have my…
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Need Advice and Support
Hi, I do not know what to do, I am really upset. My doctor in Lehigh scheduled me for 8 treatments of cabo/taxol . I live one and a half hours from there, so I having my treatments in Dunmore, Pa. It is only 5 minutes from my house, I was asked if I wanted to be in a clinical trial of Avastin .So I agreed, and however,…