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For edt36: good to hear Mom is better
Just wanted to start a new thread to let you know I am praying for a good PET scan for your mom. The other post was old & long & had scary stuff on it a about chemo. I read a big explanation about ovarian cancer written by an oncologist--there's a part where he wrote some advice for people who are not making progress with…
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transfusion
Hi all !!! I got my lab results back from my 6th chemo. My platelets are at 44, so I am going to have a transfusion in the next couple of days. Soon as they can get me in. I knew I was awfully short of breath and tired, and now I know why. Has anyone else had to experience this? The onc said most likely having been through…
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Body Aches?
I have had 5 treatments of carbo/taxol, and 4 of Avaistan. I am scheduled for the 6th and final treatment on Oct. 25. It should be the 18th, but the dr. decided to give me an extra week since my platelets have been so low. I'm having pain in my shoulders, legs, feet and hands. It's not constant, but more than it was. How…
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Coughing
I have posted this before, but I still can't shake this cough I have. Did 5 rounds of radiation and started chemo 2 1/2 weeks ago-Carbo/Taxotere for a recurrence. I can't stop coughing. Is it the cancer or the treatments that cause this? It has me worried that it is in my lungs, although the PET/CT scan 6 weeks ago showed…
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Alimta
I've read where a few people are on Alimta (Premextrend - not sure of spelling). Just wondering if you were getting this drug through a local medical oncology office or if it is only given in a big cancer center. Thanks alot. Any results with this drug i.e. stopping growth? Any help you can give would be appreciated.
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Pain where ovary used to be
I had a full hysterectomy and I have been off chemo since June 28th and my last scan in July said I was NED. I had my CA-125 done about a week ago and it was 11, but the next day after that I started getting a pain where my left ovary used to be. Both my gyn/onc and hematologist said they dont want to do a scan until I am…
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Waiting for latest CA 125 result
I had my blood drawn yesterday. I hate this couple of days. Once I get my result I can breathe again for another three months. And I really hate the phone call I will make tomorrow to get the result. My heart pounds as I await news of my fate. Ovarian cancer has a hold on us even when it is (hopefully) not there. Damn it!…
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The Cancer Project
Check out www.cancerproject.org After reading an article in our local newspaper I signed up for "Food for Life" cooking classes sponsored by the Cancer Project. I had heard of this program several months ago on TV but this group had no local programs then, but happily now they do. There is the website with recipes and…
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Friend has ovarian cancer
She got the news a couple of days ago and I am from the breast cancer board. She was told that after surgery she will need chemo and radiation. I know it's early yet to determain her stage since what I've read tells me that is usually done after surgery. I was wondering if the chemo drugs are similar to mine from breast…
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Seeing my hometown gyn/onc Wed
I am worried about the "small amount of ascites" that showed up on my CT scan last week, so I am going to ask my regular gyn/onc if he will send me next door to the hospital and get them to take a sample of the fluid and test it for malignancy. I'm betting he won't do it, but I'm going to ask. My doctor came very highly…
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Latest info about my port problem
After going back & forth for several weeks now, I met with my surgeon and it was decided that the port I've been having a problem with needs to be removed. I still have some redness near the scar line but it's much better than before. All they can tell me is that this infection most likely happened as to the way my port…
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New here
My mother was diagnosed with stage 1 ovarian cancer this July. The surgeon said there was no fluid her uteruse was soft....stage 1. The surgeon put hr surgery off for two weeks. When he went in it had spread she had fluid in her abdomen and it was on her colon and bladder. He diagnosed her atk a stage 3 c. I feel so angry…
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CA 125 Went Up Instead of Down
I just had my second round of Taxol/Carboplatin on Monday. My lab work prior to chemo showed my CA 125 had elevated from 170 to 446 since my first round of chemo. That seemed very strange to the doctor and they are going to retest it next week at lab draws. Anyone else experienced something like this. My cancer had been…
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Passive exercise and a great supplement
I don't know if anyone has talked about chi machines before, and I'm not trying to sell them, but I though I'd share a bit about them. They are good for anyone but perhaps vital for people who are too compromised by illness to be able to do conventional exercise. You basically lie on your back with your ankles elevated on…
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Did not pass for chemo yesterday
Hola amigas, I was ready yesterday for my seven cycle of chemo but the nurse told me that my blood can't clot and I have to wait for a week. Has anyone experience this before and what should I do to increase this and be ready for next week. Thank so much
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saw the movie 50/50
and thought it was very well done. This man had a 50/50 odds of beating his cancer and my odds are not as good. All the emotions you felt are addressed in the movie,shock,anger,hopelessness ,and a renewed relationship with friends and family. It also has some caregiver issues as well. It is a tear jerker so bring your…
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Now THIS is a cause worth supporting...
This time around, because it's still considered "high season" in New York City and the hotels in mid-town Manhattan were going for $400 a night (and since last January we have racked up thousands of dollars in hotel expenses during my many trips to NYC), my daughter and I stayed at The American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge.…
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Yellow eyes (jaundice) yesterday & today, so an unscheduled visit to the oncologist. :(
I have mets to the liver, and my latest blood labs from 9/25 showed improvement in my liver function since I completed my radioembolism treatments 8/26. So I was surprised when I started developing symptoms of liver distress a couple weeks ago (light stools, Tang-colored urine). Then the last 2 days, the whites of my eyes…
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Back home....tired and still NED
My CT scan was termed "good" by Dr S and the radiologist, although I have some "ground glass" in one lung that they think is the result of being intubated during my hernia surgery and a "small" amount of ascites, which they also attribute to the surgery. My CA125 had gone down a point (to 18), so I am still on the vaccine…
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6th chemo
Hey Sisters !! I had my 6th tx yesterday. I was on taxol/carbo. There is a national shortage of taxol. I did get switched to taxotere. This was supposed to be my last tx, but ca 125 though still coming down is at 232. Last month it was 363. Onc said this does happen but I am worried that I am becoming resistent ? I am not…
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Where do most people go for chemo? Med. Onc private office or large cancer centerI
I was wondering where most of you go. I was previously going to a cancer center and getting standard chemo. I'm going to go back to an oncologist near my area as the travel to the city was too much, especially on days I had chemo, plus I took public transportation. The latest treatment suggested was Alimta. I was wondering…
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Stage III Grade b found on biopsy angry rash left almost covering my body with no explanation from
I finally had the surgery three months after finding an adnexal mass incidentally on an MRI of the hips for severe arthritis. Planned laparoscopy turned into laparotomy with an almost six hour surgery. The doctor found cancer in both ovaries, the omentum and positive cells in pelvic wash. None of the lymph nodes were…
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It seems like a got cancer once a year, this will be the thrid time :-(
Hi ladies, Days ago I post about the paracentesis I got cause by the fluid in my abdomen, I know is the cancer coming back, the first time I got 8 Lt of fluid, that was how they found the cancer, I did not had any other symptoms ... I'm feeling pretty down, I don't have much ilusion for what is coming to me, and I'm…
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Today I got out my belly One liter and a half of fluid, my CT scan doesn't shows disease, but my CA-
Hi ladies, It's been a while since I been here, I was feeling sick, I started to take Letrozole in August 21th, and I did not go to good for me, I had a lot headache, the hot flases came back, some nausea, and upset stomach, so time pass, and around 2 weeks ago my stomach started to hurt so much, and swells, so last…
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I'm starting to really hate steroids.
I took my fifth treatment yesterday. I could not settle down last night or this morning. Woke up several times during the night sweating (of course, those wonderful hot flashes). Now I have no energy. I stay so hungry after treatments. It's hard for me to understand why some people take steroids by choice. Guess they like…
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question about neulasta
I was given mine on the same day of chemo, my friend gets hers the day after, how did you recieve yours, just curious
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
I'm on day 17 out from my first chemo round. I cut my hair really short the week after my first chemo. This morning I woke up with my head feeling tender and a little sore, and today as I run my fingers through my hair I'm starting to have several strands come out. Does this mean that I have arrived at the point of…
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taxotere
HI sisters !! I had appt with onc today. I have been on carbo/taxol for 5 txs. Today I was told there is no taxol. I will be switched to taxotere for 6th chemo. Also I will have ct on 10/25. My chemo will also be extended. My ca 125 numbers are coming down- 362 from 4700. Onc said he is extending txs till numbers are less…
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konsyl psyllium fiber for constipation....is it good?
I had my Chemo yesterday (Avastin/Taxol) and I'm already constipated.Taking this Konsyl Psyllium fiber but I don't think its working.Is there anything I can take?
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Please help..Going for Avastin/taxol once a month chemo
I'm a 7 years cancer survivor.I went through lots of diffrent chemo in the past.This time My doctor decide to gave me Avastin with taxol once a month.Is anyone having or had this chemo before?What are the side effect I'm expecting ..any advice will be appreciated. Thanks, sham