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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,…
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IF I GIVE UP WHAT KIND OF SISTER WILL I BE
thanks you guys have been so helpful to me despite your own personal issues. im so greatful for this opportunity. but maybe your right i guess when the time is right she will tell hell it took her 4 months to tell me she has cancer i guess another 4 to tell me the rest. I hate to close this case but im working with nothing…
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In the dark
hello, im new to this site ive been doing a lil searching on this subject since my sister has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer stag 3c. Now here is where the darkness comes my sister is my twin identical and no one knows that she has this she hasnt told anyone not even me. how i know well lets just say i found some…
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b-17
has anyone had any experience with b-17. I met a guy with lung cancer at chemo yesterday that raved about it so just wanting to see if anyone else heard of it. I know it has cyanide from apricot seeds in it.
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A bit over whelmed
Hello all.. I am new to this site and I guess looking for a place to feel normal for a bit. I am 23 years old and was diganosed with ovarian fibro sarcoma. Origanlly it was thought to be a cist the size of a grape fruit on my ovary. During the first surgery they removed the growth, and when the results came back I was back…
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My Sister Carol!
Altho Carol and me were born on June 30, Carol celebrates a bigger milestone on July 30! Carol is an ovarian cancer survivor 3 years and doing good! At 14, Carol developed ulcerative colitis, and our parents and her were told all thru her life her chances of developing colon cancer were high. Every year after the age of…
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pulmonary lesion resulting from ovarian cancer
any information re treatments received for this would be greatly appreciated
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Gemzar and avastin
My last ct scan on 7/21/08 showed several small tumors after being off chemo for 8 months. my ca was 300. My onc wants to do carbo/gemzar. I was previously on carbo/taxol and taxotere. allergic to taxol. He also wants me to be in the trial for avastin. Has anyone been on gemzar or in the avastin trial? I would appreciate…
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paclitaxel and pancreas /liver damage
I had OC 12/07 stage 4 grade 3 . Had debulking surgery 02/08 and completed 6 rounds of Carboplatin and Paclitaxel in 05/08 . IN july 08 I found to have high blood sugar and high cholesterol ( both of which was normal for years on yearly checks , last check done on 06/07) So the assumption is the pancreatic and liver damage…
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Has anyone heard of Bonnie?
Does anyone have news of how she's been. Tks. Liz
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CA-125 Dropping
I found out last week that my CA-125 reading has dropped to 184 (from 284), thanks, I guess, to the tamoxifen I'm taking. I must admit I had my doubts, but my reading was 279 in June, 284 in July, and now 184. I will see the gyn/onc early in September, so I'll come back with what his observation is (he's the one who…
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Incredible shrinking cyst.......?
Hello everyone, well I saw the surgeon today and he did an exam and had trouble feeling the cyst so he did an ultrasound. Guess what? It actually went from 10cms down to just 3cm in just a few days! He said he may not remove it---just re-check it in a week or so. He does not think it was the estring that raised the…
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ovarian cancer undifferentiated
this is what I have. the doctor said it might be harder to treat. I am going for my third carbo/taxol treatment monday. just wondering if anyone else had this or knew about it. Laura
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Yeast
Hi ladies, I was just curious if any of you had problems pryor to be dx with ovarian cancer with yeast or if any of you had taken many antibiotics over the years pryor to (maybe in excess) Just doing a little research. I am sick of chemo.... I have been taking 2 years now with short break in Jan. 07. My body is so tired of…
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Latest update.....
Hello everyone! Well the doc called today with tumor marker result. It is normal(17.6). I was so relieved I actually started crying. I think the last 2 weeks of worry have taken a toll. I have lost a clothing size from not eating/sleeping. He said that the test can give false negative/positives though and therefore the…
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hello
just up and hubby still sleeping. I woke up because I bit my tongue...ouch. .... Feeling good, my wbc is still at zero but that is normal. Hopefully joshua's killer are eating up the cancer while my system is down. I have dropped 6lbs from the nausea I had for several days, hope it doesnt' find me again. The nausea or the…
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Question
Just wondering if there is anyone out there or knows of someone that there CA-125 never really got down to normal. In otherwords, just stayed under 100 and were told that they would be watched because there were no signs of cancer after having a CT-scan.My doctor said that is what they would do to me. I would like to talk…
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BonnieR
This is the day BonnieR was to receive the NK cells and pioneer this treatment for us all. Has anyone heard from her? Lift her up in prayers, ladies. Saundra