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Should my doctor hurry?
First, thanks for reading. I'm 31 years old, I have no children but would like to. I'm scared, I've been trying to find answers with no success. These are my symptoms: I've been having discharge and blood for months now and lately there is some strange pain (not to strong) that comes and goes on different areas of my…
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Mom's radiation
Sorry I haven't posted in a while. My mom started radiation a week ago yesterday. She had to stop chemo in May due to the bone marrow suppression. Now one week into radiation, her platelets are at 97,000 (previously 120,00 two weeks ago). If her platelets continue to drop, radiation may be interupted. It's all very…
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new residuals damage from surgery-itch-swelling-pelvic hematoma
1 week after 2nd surgery for lymph node removal i ...a pain near public bone at 2 week post-op surgein says it is nothing 5 hours later i am at gyn for a persistant vulva itch.... the itch is due to dryness...no yeast or urinary infectio0n....use hydrocortisone 1% oinment not cream not vagisil.... it really works...i still…
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My Mom has Endometruim Adencorcoma Stage 3c
Hello Ladies, First of all. Thanks very much.You are supporting are each other. so nice to see soo many coments here. I am Kumar living in UK. My mom lives in india. She has digonised stage 3 c Endo Adencorcoma Grade 1. Let me write her Pathology report after surgery Cervix:Chronic cervicits Endometrial growth:well deff…
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Mom having hysterectomy tomorrow
Hi All, Just wanted to say that my Mom is having her hysterectomy in the morning. Me? So nervous. The reason is that she had a suspicious cat scan of her abdomen..they said it looked like uterine sarcoma. I hope it's not that. She does have a history of large fibroids. I am hoping for the best case scenario. My mom is only…
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thign is swollen....why any know
thign is swollen....why any know 17 days ago lymph node removal....
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Having lymph nodes removed
I my name is gerr66, i just joined the network last night. I had a hysterectomy a month ago and will be having my lymph nodes removed. My question is to have it done robotically or have an open incision. Anyone has any direction please respond. blessings, gerri
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radiation..1 time a week internal for 3 weeks (cuff)
just was told no cancer in nodes but i need radiation...this 1 time a week outpatint does anyone know abou it also i can get pelvic fo 25 days... the dotor said how much insurance that it will not come back do i want to do my choice...i always buy the most insurance any suggestions
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My Mom is having a CAT scan of her chest in the morning...
Hello.. Was wondering if everyone could say a little prayer for my Mom because in the morning she is having a CT of her chest to see if she has lung nodules. The surgeon said he wants to rule those out before proceeding with her hysterectomy on 8-25. I just don't want this to delay her surgery. He said if she has lung…
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Peace and best wishes to all - Pass it forward!!
Greetings Ladies, This was emailed to me. I usually ignore these things but I am passing on to all of you. We are all touching each others lives in some way. I think that if this group of women were ever in the same room there is nothing that we could not accomplish. Make a wish! Now read below... 'May today there be peace…
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Insurance Denied IMRT
My sister's insurance - Aetna - denied her rad/onc prescription for IMRT since her cancer is listed as Stage 1B Grade 2. Nice! The radiologist doesn't feel that her cancer is acting like a stage 1B and has sent slide to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to review her path. Has anyone else had to fight the insurance…
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Sharing resources. A rotating library!!!
Hi Ladies, What a great resource we are to each other!!!! I think it's awesome - all the info and encouragement that we share. Now I wonder if we can take it another step - a rotating library! Linda sent me the Kris Carr video. I am sharing it with Mimi - then I will send on to the next person who wants it. I also have CDs…
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Frequency of CT scans or PET scans after treatment
What information have any of you had with how often CT or PET scans should be done once you complete treatment. Every six months? yearly? I suppose we have varying opinions on that too! Diane
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UPSC and hormone cream
Big post-treatment check-up day for me, with my 1st apppointment with the newly-hired head of Women's Health, and their new Gyn-Onc. He has my head spinning with new information, as he has decades of experience working with UPSC. I could hardly wait to get back and post to run all this by you and get your feedback. First…
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info about second opinions
Web MD has a good article about this. Link is http://www.webmd.com/cancer/features/cancer-when-do-you-need-a-second-opinion-and-why?ecd=wnl_can_081809
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lymph nodes were removed...when does lymphodemia come if it come? did u get lymphidemia during radia
hi this is maryellen... my surgeon did hysterectomy 6/24 buit never bither to check lymph nodes..he claims he did noit think i had cancer..jerk..****..i hate him anyway 8/6 2nd surgery..dissection not possible cause that is done when tumor is in body..since **** removed tumor i had to have complete nodes removal... man i…
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Thank You
Thank you to everyone that has replied to my posts the other day about test results and my posts in the past. Like many others I come on this site on a regular basis and read through the different posts. I find this site to be very encouraging and very informative, and yes sometimes heartbreaking. Even though I believe I…
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Heart Problems
Have any of you had problems with both your heart and trying to fight uterine cancer? My sister Cindy (60) has left ventricle dysfunction (the part of the heart that sends out the oxygen rich blood) and her stage 1b, grade 2 cancer has returned to the vaginal cuff and possible the right hip area (lymph nodes, still the…
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Likely Uterine cancer diagnosis for my Mom
Hello All, I really appreciate all of the support this board has to offer. A lot of good information here. I don't know if I should be typing here on behalf of someone else, but I feel like I need some help. My dear Mom, (she's only 54) was just hospitalized for a serious blood infection where she was in the ICU for…
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DIAGNOSIS FOR MARYELLEN'S CANCER...NO CANCER IN LYMPH NODES...I AM CANCER FREE
HAD MY SECOND SURGERY LAST THURSDAY...PELVI LYMPH NODES REMOVAL ---27 NODES FROM PEVIC , ABDOMEN AND PARAAORTA..I DO NOT HAVE REPORT GUESSING IN LAST WORD... ALL CANCER FREE...PLAY THAT NUMBER 27 I CALLED THE PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND ASKED IF REPORT WAS IN....DO YOU KNOW IT WAS TYPED FRIDAY AND SEND TO DOCTOR VIA FAX…
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I just moved the OLDEST & LONGEST & BEST thread (below with 393 posts) up to page 1 again
We have so many new members here with UPSC that I thought it would be good to move up our OLDEST thread up to the first page again. So if you close out of this thread, and have an hour or so to invest, I encourage you to go to the "UPSC, ANYONE ELSE?" discussion thread that I just moved up. It has 393 posts on it, so it…
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itching of bottom - where urine comes out .the more i scratch the more it itches...
any help avaiable-had camera in bladder last thursday..cyscopic???? could i have infection? any over the counter remedy
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Chemo-Brachy-Chemo Question
Anyone who has had 3 (or so) rounds of chemo, then vaginal brachytherapy, then 3 (or so) more rounds of chemo - when in relation to the brachytherapy did the chemo begin again? A day or two after the last brachy? A week or more? During the brachy? I am getting ready to schedule the post-brachy chemo and want to be in the…
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Should I take comfort in some of the test results so far
I was diagnosed in Feb.09, had a Radical Hysterectomy, one node tested positve, Adenocarcinoma Stage IIIC, grade 2, 6 rounds of chemo, doing external radiation now (25), will start brachytherapy once this radiation is done. My CA 125 levels started at 75, right before chemo and at my last chemo were 7. I had a cat scan for…
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Post Radiation Pain
I've had 37 radiation treatments. They ended in late May. By June I was experiencing lower back pain. My oncologist said it was not from radiation. Now the pain has gone to my hips and down my legs. I feel so weak - and often the pain makes me nauseous. Has anyone else experienced this kind of pain from radiation? I was…
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Uterine Cancer Returned after only 3 months
My sister, age 60, was diagnosed with very low grade stage 1B endometrioid adenocarcinomas. Robotic surgery was performed with total hysterectomy (everything removed) and 30 lymph nodes taken and a wash (flush). Only cancer found was in the interior of the uterus. In May she started spotting (vaginally) and waited until…
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Took claritin before Neulasta shot and had much less bone pain
I read in a couple of places that taking claritin before and after the shot redices the amount of bone pain. I took Claritin Monday and Tuesday. I got my Neulasta shot on Wednesday, and continued the claritin through the next Tuesday. When I got my last Neulasta shot the bone pain started Sunday evening and went through…
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6 month follow up with radiation oncologist
Passed my 6 month follow up with the radiation oncologist with flying colors! Yea! He also had the results of the 2nd lymph node biopsy that I had last week. The results are still inconclusive, but no cancer cells were seen. The first biopsy included liver tissue, this one included pancreatic tissue and both were cancer…
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Post-radiation initial follow-up appt. today : "So far, so good".
My chemo oncologist and my radiation oncologists couldn't be more different. My chemo oncologist is always laughing and optimistic and called me on Sunday to shout out the NED results from Friday's CT-scan. But my radiation oncologist is soooo much more sedate. His response to my NED CT-scan and check-up today was a…
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New Member from Kansas
My name is Sally Gray. I am 64 years old and live in Wichita with my husband of more than 40 years. I have 2 children and (finally) a grandchild due in late November. I have been a lurker on this forum since the latter part of May. I thought I should introduce myself because we truly need input from as many women as…