-
Can this be true????
Today I was scheduled to get my normal, every three week chemo infusion. BUT, I didn't get it. I always meet with my doctor first to discuss all the blood tests and then I go to get the chemo treatment. ALAS, my CA125 was a 2. Heck, I don't even know what a 2 is. I said to my doctor, Did someone make a mistake?. He said,…
-
Hello everyone
Morning to all on the group. Hope everyone has a fantastic day. I do not come here each day, but I love you all and consider you all part of my online family. God bles all of you Hugs Lynda
-
Can you have bowel issues without reoccurance?
I just had a clean CT scan 6 weeks ago and my CA125 was 14. This last week I have had to use laxatives with little result. Normally I use lomotil once in a while but never need laxatives. Could something be growing that fast or could it be the beginning of an obstruction from scar tissue or some such thing? Has anyone else…
-
I always wondered
why they call cancer a battle. Now I know..every battle brings victories. We have won so many tough ones but I just want to win the war!!!!!!!!!!! Just say'n...val
-
blue toes
I have neuropathy really bad in both feet and a little in my finger tips my question is has anyone had their toes turn blue from the neuropathy. If so what happens I am worried that I will lose those toes if I don't find out what to do with them. Anne P.S. it is the two toes next to the big toe, oh my the way my two big…
-
My CA 125 result finally came in the mail
and it is 8. I am happy and don't mean to complain when others are going through so much but it is disconcerting that when my treatment ended in 11/2010 it was seven and stayed that way a couple of times then went to 3 for a couple of times. The previous one in October was 5 and now it went to eight. When I saw my gyn/onc…
-
IP access difficulties
Hello. I was just wondering if anyone had difficulties with access to their IP port. I was supposed to have chemo through it yesterday However 3 nurses couldn't get it accessed. Just curious if anyone else has experienced similar problems?
-
lymph noces
Hi All !! just checking in. I had ct scan, bloodwork and onc appt all this week. My ca 125 is 19. The onc has been watching two sets of lymph nodes on right and left side. The left side has shrunk. The right side has remained stable for the last 4 months. Onc said nodes were way down by my liver and closer to the back. He…
-
Finished my treatment today
Hi all I came back from my LAST CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT, Im just can not believe this, i have been waiting for thi moment. Im so happy and I need to get a CT scan in three weeks, I am feeling ok, I wonder what is next?
-
Dr's telling me to give up chemo
if two or more of my ca125 comes back higher. My ca125 is 464 after 7 rounds of topo, Have had taxol/carbo,remission-ned for 9 months, then gemzar numbers clmbed went onto doxil numbers climbered to 935, went back on taxol, numbers came down in the beginning and climbed to over 3000, after one treatment of carb numbers…
-
Need Suggestions for Neuropathy Relief
I have had 14 rounds of taxol, 4 rounds of Taxotere and 18 rounds of Carbo over the last 8 years and I am finally feeling the effects of neuropathy. It is suttle and comes and goes. Mostly in my hands, but sometimes in my feet too. Cold weather definitely makes it worse. What are you taking to prevent the further effects…
-
State Disability, Social Security, Social Security Disability
Just thought I would pass this info on to anyone who might find it helpful. I may have mentioned some of this before. My last day of work was 2/26/2010. I was ill but didn't know the horrible truth yet. After literally begging my doctor for more tests I was given the CT scan which forever changed my life. I applied for…
-
Hello, New Here
I've been reading here for a few weeks, and I have learned so much from you ladies I've decided to join the discussion. Until now, there's been something scary about writing about my disease, you know? So here I am, to share and to learn. I was diagnosed this past summer, Stage 3. I've completed six courses of chemo (Taxol…
-
UTI
Has any one else had this problem? This is my 3rd urinary tract infection in last 6 months. Before cancer and chemo I never had one. Getting a little upset about this. Doing everything right If you know what I mean and still another one now. Thanks Kathy
-
How many debulkings can a person safely get
I was just wondering how many times a person can be debulked without running into problems. I've been on chemo constantly since last October and the tumors seem to always show a little growth. I have one on the outside of my colon which so far is still on the outside, as I had a colonoscopy. I'm going for another CT scan…
-
"The Chemotherapy Survival Guide"
Ladies, I wanted to share with you a truly excellent guide book that a family member sent to me when I approached my first chemo session back in 2009. I attended the pre-chemo class that my doctor had me attend. Maybe because of the state of shock I was in, I came away still overwhelmed and confused...it was all so new and…
-
Pet Scan
I will be having a Pet Scan tomorrow morning. Then the grooling wait for the results. Prayers are needed, thanks you sisters for being here through the good and the bad. Hugs to you all Sharon
-
Time for CA 125 again
I had my blood draw for my latest CA 125 last Wednesday. I usually wait the two days to call my onc' office for the result. They mail me a written copy about a week later. This time I decided to wait for the result to come in the mail. I hate making that phone call and waiting, it seems like forever, for the result. One…
-
New surgical option being tested
http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120115005039/en
-
Support Groups not so good
So I went twice to an ovarian cancer support group and it was totally depressing. All the women there where on there second, third and even seventh recurrence. For me every pain is a "recurrence". The whole time in my head I was thinking this is what I have to look forward to?! Another women was talkibg about eating a…
-
I miss Linda P.
<3 <3 <3
-
Hiding :(
A friend is dying of OVC. She is hospitalized and not expected to live more than a few days. She was diagnosed at about the same time I was....less than a year ago. I have been hiding in my apartment most of the day. I had not been wanting to turn on the computer to see any updates. I have spent most of the day sticking my…
-
I couldn't take it anymore !
This is my second round of chemo so my hair fell out with the first round Carbo/taxol. This time it is falling out more slowly on Carbo/Gemzar/avastin , it is driving me crazy! I just grabbed my scissors and cut off my chemo curls lol. It is not too bad but I don't recommend this for anyone. Good thing I still have my wigs…
-
Vit. C found in your local Market help cure cancer
Hi, I've lost my mom and last year my brother to cancer. They don't believe much on alternative medicine. I've done a few research and also info from close friends that having a daily dose of vit. C before meal, 3x a day is a great cure for fighting cancer. I have not proven this yet but hope this info may help. Any local…
-
But I don't feel sick...
I was very sick before I had my surgery in May. I've tolerated the chemo well overall (I've had 3 treatments). Anyway, some family members will say "you're sick." I don't feel sick! I'm up and about, feeling better than I have in several months. I know they mean well, and are just concerned, but I don't feel fragile! :)…
-
Did anyone hear
Did anyone hear about the 17 year old who had a breakthrough with research toward killing cancer cells without killing normal cells. It is optimistic but it will still take some years to perfect. It is interesting to read about though. Just thought I would mention it in case someone wanted to google it . Always like to…
-
Why do people think it's done and over with once we achieve remission?
People act as though now that I am in remission that everything is behind me. For crying out loud, it's not even been two yrs. since my husband died (will be in April). I was diagnosed in May, 2011. My husband was a minister, so we did own our own house. We were living in one owned by the church at the time of his…
-
Kidney failure
Hello, I have never posted here since I am recovering from Head & Neck cancer. My sister has had Ovarian cancer for 7 years. Her kidneys are failing so she can do no more chemo til her kidneys recover. She has a colostomy bag installed and has not been eating enough to maintain her weight. Lately her food she does eat has…
-
Hot flashes only on my bald head???
Hi - This is my first time actually writing on this board although I have been reading comments since July 2011. I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in June and had a hysterectomy in July. I had 6 carbo/taxol treatments and had very few side effects. My last chemo was 12/21/11 and I am having more and more of these "hot…
-
another day in my life
I did not make it to my oppointment with my ONC but did meet with one of his doctors in trainning. My numbers have jumped another 30 pointd so on the 25th I will have the catscan and then on the 30th I will know for sure if the cancer is back. While talking with the other doctor she did say that it could be up because of…