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antioxidents supplements vs no supplements
My Oncologist said to stop taking all of my anti oxidents during chemo. Books I have read say just the opposite. What are your opinions. It makes sense to me to stay healthy during chemo and to lessen the side effects, but I hate to go afainst my doctor. I start on the usual cisplatin/toxol (sp) on Monday.
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Missing a tooth?
University of KY college of dentistry and gyn onc dr are doing a study on women with epithelial OVCA and missing a permanent tooth from birth or have small peg tooth.. Apparently there is some genetic connection possibly. Just wondering if any here are missing a tooth? I'm not but have a daughter who is.
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New Here ovarian 1c & Uterine 1b
am looking for some support I was diagonised with stage 1b uterine & stage 1c ovarian have had one treatment of chemo so far second one is this coming monday and I go for radation constulation friday hair is falling out already ...
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Calling All Prayer Warriors!
Need all heavy duty prayer warriors on all the boards! Anne Bhemeyer is in need of all of our prayers and support. No details as of yet...just need the spiritual help for this special lady and friend. Thanks All, Debrajo(from the Uterine board)
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Thinking of You, Mwee (Maria)
I don't think we've heard from you for a while but I know you're busy dealing with your chemo treatments. Just wanted you to know I'm thinking of you, and I'm sure many others are thinking of you too. Sending prayers and good wishes your way. Kelly
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Kayandok, a member here
Greetings. I'm the husband of Kathleen, known as kayandok here. In case you haven't heard, Kathleen passed away on Jan. 10. She fought an excellent fight and was loved and admired by many people. She underwent 5 major surgeries and countless rounds of chemo. She really hated the hospital toward the end (not the people…
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Need someone to tell me to stop
Ok, I am having a really bad morning. I think I have done a pretty good job at staying possitive considering I have Stage 3c OVC, but this morning I wandered away from our wonderful support group to the internet and was looking at survival rates. I got myself in a funk now and can't stop crying. I do think possitive but I…
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Has anyone used just carboplatin for chemo
Has anyone ever used just carboplatnum for chemo?
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new drug Dalantercept?
Just wondering if anyone has heard of this drug, or possibly tried it? Really hoping to hear someone is still on it and its working great! :) But any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Lisa Duffy are you on this board? A friend of your friend in northern California
trying to contact her.
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Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck)
I can't be the only one whose stomach looks like...a Puffy Front Butt with the long vertical hysterectomy scar and after chemo-related weight gain. This week I had consultations with two plastic surgeons. They are claiming to be able to remove all fat and extra skin, to tighten abdominal muscles, and to replace vertical…
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CSN update
I apologize to everyone for not having communicated sooner. You have been more than patient under the circumstances. At this point, all of the content that was missing following the upgrade has been restored with the exception of private messages. There has been an ongoing investigation for several weeks that has yielded…
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Just wondering...
There are days when I feel so fatigued. When I got up on Friday and Saturday, my body felt like it weighed 500 pounds. On Thursday I went to the hike with my cancer support group, then had my hair cut and colored and went to do some shopping. I had looked forward to the day. I went into Macy's for less than an hour and…
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anyone taking ativan long time ??? I would like to guit taking it
Just looking for some advice. I have been taking a very low dose of ativan for a year since my surgery etc. I have read about side effects of stopping the medication and plan on doing it slowly, however i just wondered if anyone else took it for a period of time and had any kind of major withdrawal from it? I dont like to…
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OVCA Vaccine Trial (FANG™) in Dallas
http://mccrc.clinisite.com/index.php?q=node/693 My wife is looking into this trial after her Taxol maintenance regimen concludes this Summer. I don't know if MD Anderson kept a large enough sample of her tumors. Do any of you know if it is common practice to "ice" the tumor specimens after surgery?
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Having a bad day
Ok...I am have 10 treatments under my belt and 8 more to go. Today I am feeling sick to my stomach, no appitite, and extremely tired. Please tell me this is just a bad day and I will have some more good days until the end of treatment? This is terrible.
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Could I use your other shoulder?
My onc just called with my latest CA 125 and it went up again from 40 to 72. She is offering me another drug, I can't remember the name right now. I thought she said samara but when I googled I found Synarel. That might be it. She said if the numbers get too uncomfortable for me or if I start to feel anything, I can choose…
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caris testing
Has anyone done t he molecular testing by the company Caris, which can assist with the best chemo to use?
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Bye-bye portie
My IP port was taken out today. Good riddance to the silly little thing that never worked and only caused pain and frustration. The surgery took about 5 minutes including cutting, pulling the port out, sutures and chit-chat with the ONC. Then I drove myself home. Husband is too busy to come with me; working extra hard…
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GOG Meeting
The Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) held its 84th Semi-Annual Meeting on Januray 26-29, 2012 in San Diego, CA. http://www.gog.org/meetinginformation.html Presented last summer, in the first head-to-head clinical trial comparing gene expression patterns (molecular profiling) with personalized cancer cytometric testing…
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Newbie here..mom diagnosed with stage IV Ovarian Cancer
Hello, I will apologize upfront for the long post, but since I'm new I'll share all that's happened up to now. My mom is 62 years old and was diagnosed with Stage 4 Ovarian cancer 14 days ago. She went in the hospital 12/29 and wasn't diagnosed until 1/4. She's had issues with her breathing since this began, in fact that…
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Hair loss question
Hi, Everyone! I have a question about hair loss and regrowth. I have Stage 3 c, high grade and a second, unrelated cancer in uterus, stage 1, discovered in pathology from surgery. Beginning in March 2012, I had 3 rounds of taxol/cisplatin to reduce tumors away from bowel before surgery in June. My hair fell out right on…
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Forme (Lisha) - how are you doing?
We haven't heard from you for a while and I was wondering how you are doing? Kelly
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My Grammy has stage 4 ovarian Cancer.......
Hello Everyone. I found this page by coincidence and was just coming here for a little support if that is o.k.? I did not know where else to go. My Grammy is 72 and about 2 years ago she was diagnosed with stage 3 or 4 ovarian cancer. Unfortunately it had spread to her colon and bladder as well. When she was younger she…
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Low Grade OC, Stage 3 C
I have had surgery for an "endometrioma" which was actually Stage 3 c ovarian CA. There are 2 path reports, one says Grade 2 tumor, other says Low Grade. I am going to have a 3rd one. This has probably been there for 4 years. Had a pap with irregular ovarian cells 4 years ago. I am hoping for low grade, but it is reported…
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Need to vent
I am sorry but if I don't get this out I feel like I will explode. I have mentioned that my family consists of my son, my mom; I think I have vented before. My mom is 88 and has her share of health issues. She has rheumatoid arthritis which has crippled her hands and feet but she is still able to do everything for herself.…
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chemo
So I had my first treatment on January 7th it wasnt too bad but the neulasta shot that i had the next day kicked my butt. I was in bed for two days. Am i going to have the same reaction every time i have that shot
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Good News
Just finished 5 months of Doxil which did not work and then 6 treatments of Carbo for first recurrance. I am happy to report that my ca 125 is 11 and we are calling it a remission. Not doing a CT scan as they hardly ever show my disease. No bloodwork or doctor appts for 4 months! Dr told me to take a long trip and enjoy…
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CA 125 Question
Hi, I wonder if anyone has had this happen to them. I have been NED since January, 2010. Had Stage 2C with a hysyterctomy and six months of chemo in August, 2009. Have been doing real well until recently. I went into the hospital with what I thought was a gallbladder attack, however, the Drs. were not sure if it was a…
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Muscinious type Ovarian Cancer with 19-9 tumor maker as well as CA 125
Hi, I was diagnosized with muscinious type carcinoma ovarian cancer when I was 25 in 2009. I have recurrence every yr as well as debulk abdominal surgery. I just had a debulk surgery in Oct 2012 and in Dec, it came back metastasis to the lung(small nodules). Now, I am having oxilaplatin and if it doesn't work, will be on…