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Drug induced liver damage
Has anyone who has had treatment for cancer, ended up with liver damage? I had six rounds of carboplatin/taxol for stage 3a ovarian cancer. I now have non-alcholic steatohepatitis. I am on a waiting list to see a specialist for this. I have read everything I can get my hands on, but can't seem to find what the prognosis is…
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Understanding CA 125 Levels
I have a copy of a brochure from the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation that explains CA 125 levels really well. It's available to print (from a pdf) at http://www.thegcf.org/pubs/CA125Levels_brochure.pdf It's 12 pages, and of course, you can just read it online if you want.
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over 1 yr survivor & recur
Hi, I have not been on here for a while, but I have been thinking of it. I was dia with oc stg 3 in May of 2005. With surgery and chemo, I have been in remission for 1 year in Sept this yr. I feel great and I have been living life so differently than I was BC. Now the cancer has come to pay another visit. 2 spots on the…
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topotecan or taxotere
I have reoccuring ovarian cancer in the chest wall and am being offered a choice of two regiments. topetecan and carboplatin or taxotere and carboplatin. Have any of you taken any of these 3 drugs. Please let me know how effective they were and what side effects you had. I need to make a decision by next week. thanks for…
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Instant Ocean baths
Bonnie, you said to start the baths after the 7th day of infustion or start right from day 1?
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Follow up ovarian visit/skin cancer?
Had my latest followup visit this a.m. All looks fine other than waiting on CA125 results. Have a bump on my nose that they want checked and they are setting up an appointment. I'm hoping it is negative. If not, can anyone tell me what to expect?
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IPT
What is this and how does it work. I have Stage 3C OC. Operated on in 10-05, 9 cycles of carbo and taxotere, back on chemo with carbo and gemsar. Does anyone know what this is and who can get it
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taxotere and carboplatin
Has anyone taken taxotere and carboplatin combination? are either alone? What side effects did you have? I am suppose to start the taxotere and carboplatin regiment and have heard bad things about taxotere. Would appreciate any input. Eleen
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Could stress cause this..
Hi Everyone, I have a question,most of U know about my Sister.Well, she stopped taking the treatments about a few months ago.She said she couldn't take anymore,couldn't handle it,and that since they got all of the cancer during surgery and she had had 3 treatments before surgery,3 after, then she was suppose to take more…
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Weight Gain
Has anyone experienced weight gain with the chemo. I thought you were to lose weight. Also, has anyone experience a rise and fall in your CA125 during chemo? Is this normal? or is there anything normal about cancer
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As a friend I want to help
My close friend was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She had hysterectomy and has now started chemo with radiation to follow. She is very discourged and I don't know what to do to help her. What do I say to her when she cries and says that she doesn't believe the fight is worth it? The radiologist told her the…
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NO MORE CHEMO!
I just returned from my post chemo follow-up with my doctor. I received the 'ALL CLEAR' according to the test results, blood tests and exam. CA125 is holding at 8. I hereby have a reprieve - no more chemo! I'm so happy, so is my family. One thing did show up, however, on my CT scan - a blood clot in the vein that used to…
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Scared out of my mind
Well, it's 5:30 in the morning and I haven't been to sleep yet. At 4:00 in the morning the night before I was having so much stomach pain that I husband took me to the ER. I have been to two doctor visits in the last six weeks complaining of nausea, bloating and stomach pain, but last night it seemed worse. After cat…
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DR. VISIT
Well, my doctor visit yesterday proved to be successful AND hopeful. My CA125 has stablized these last two months at 10 (was 8 during my 6 rounds of chemo). The HIDA scan showed NO gall stones. The CT scan showed NO blood clot in the gonadal vein and NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE! I must admit I still have a few aches and pains…
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Dr Visit Update
Hi Everyone, yesterday at my clinic visit we went over the ctscan. My ca125 is at 11 and the ctscan shows that the cancer has shrunk in size. The Avastin/Cytoxan really did help. I am on a chemo break(a little nervous)for 3 months. We are very grateful that the tumors have shrunk, but I guess a little part of me was hoping…
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topotecan
Has anyone used topotecan as parat of their cancer treatment?
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treatment or not for 89 year old mom ovarian cancer, Stage IIIC?
Is there anyone out there who can tell me what, physically, will happen, if no treatment of any kind is given to my 89 year old mother who, based on recent CATSCAN, I'm told has a 13.9 cm complex thinly septated ovarian cyst, most likely malignant (assume it is malignant). We're awaiting CR125 results. She has other…
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carboplatin with taxotere vs carboplation with topotecan
In Jan 2005 I was diagnosed with sage III ovarian cancer. I had surgery followed by IP theopry with sisplatin, taxol, doxel(?). I went into remission after 3 treatments but finished 6 treatments in Oct 2005. Sept 2006 a pet scan and a bipsi showed that ovarian cancer had reacurred in my chest wall and 2 llymph nodes in my…
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SOME GOOD NEWS
Hello everyone. I don't post a lot, but I do read them. You all have helped with so much information. In case anyone has forgotten, I'm the daughter and chief caregiver of a Mom who is now 90. At the age of 89 she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. In late June of 2005 she had a huge surgery. She was bleeding at the time…
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recurrence of ovca
I was dx stage 3c in June 04. Had six carbo/taxol and ca125 was 5. In Jan 06 ca125 went up to 40 and had recurrence in the pelvis. I went on a clinical trial of carbo/alimta had 10 treatments and my ca125 went down to 9 and then started to rise again. It is now 20 and pet scan shows liver mets (new). Dr suggests doxil and…
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ovarian link to breast cancer
My mother is a 18 year survivor of breast cancer. She underwent a mastectomy. She has also had 2 bouts with colon cancer but is in remission on both. I was diagnosed with ovarian and uterine cancer in April of 2005. I was told that it was most likely the genetic link with my mother's breast cancer. I have had a total…
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Anyone have complex cyst on US turn out to be cancer?
Hello Dear Ladies. Hope all of you are doing well. I posted a message a month or so ago about some of the things I have been suffering from. Thank you all for your responses. They helped me out a lot and caused me to be more pushy with my doctor. I finally got to see my GP and was able to talk him into a CT scan of my…
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Update on my journey...
Hi everyone, I saw the gyno on Friday and he believes that I have Adenomyosis which is endometriosis of the inside of the uterine wall. The mass that was found on my ultrasound was an adenomyoma. This is his opinion based on the transvaginal ultrasound he performed. My options are to try and control this with birth control…
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Test results from Ultrasound are back...
Hi everyone, just wanted to update you on my ultrasound results. I went back to my family dr. on Monday and insisted on getting some answers to my symptoms that I have been experiencing. My family dr. insisted that maybe I had a pinched nerve in my back. I refused to settle with that diagnosis. She then said that she would…
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birth control pills and ovarian cancer
I am new to this chat room. My mother and aunt both passed away from ovarian cancer and I am trying to get advice on birth control and getting my ovaries removed. I was on birth control pills for 15 years and recently got off of them. I was tired of being on hormones and am also concerned about the risk of breast cancer. I…
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CAT scan showed significant growth - Started Doxil today
Hi everyone, Just wanted to let everyone know that my CAT scan came back and it showed that the desease has increased significantly since the CAT scan I had in May. When I finished chemo in January my CA125 was 7.8. It started to go back up and was as high as 247.7. They started me on Topotecan in June. My numbers started…
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A joke from the Colorectal Cancer board...
I am an active poster from the crc board...survivor of rectal and breast cancer....I posted this joke there...hope it sends a giggle for you all, too! A nurse was on duty in the Emergency Room, when a young woman with purple hair styled into a punk rocker Mohawk, sporting a variety of tattoos, and wearing strange clothing,…
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Help...Don't know what to do update...
Thank you to all that replied to my first post. I did demand that my family Dr. have an ultrasound done and that was completed this past Wednesday, now I am waiting for my results. It has been agony this week with the cramping and now yesterday afternoon I began spotting again. I am going on three weeks with severe…
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CT Scan results...need help
First a little backround. i was dx. 11/04 stage 3c OVCA. Went through 6 tx. carb/taxol was told my ct scan clear,numbers were low. So I had a sls where it could be seen that I still had more ca inside, also all 15 biopies came back positive for OVCA. So I had 6 tx. of Doxil finished that in 1/06 and once again told I was…
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Second treatment not working
Hi everyone...I am back for more support..Just a refresher..I was diagnosed in Aug '05...After surgery, did 6 rounds of Carboplatin and Taxotere. Finished 1/30/06...CA125 was down to 7.8....Got a call from my oncologist, in May, that my numbers started to go up...After CAT scan, more tests, meeting with another specialist,…