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Foods to eat during chemo
Staring chemo soon and was wonderful about others experience with foods that can be tolerated. I know we are all different but need some suggestions .
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CT done today
I've been having problems since December. I had diarrhea a number of times. I ended up in the ER one night a few days before Christmas. I had several bouts of diarrhea and my heart started beating fast and my BP went up. The ER gave me fluids and I felt a little better, but the diarrhea came back a week or two later. I…
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Integrative Cancer Doctor in Los Angeles area?
Hello everyone. Does anyone know of a good integrative cancer doctor in the LA or surrounding area? My mother is currently in remission and want to keep her immune system strong as well as help her recover from the chemo and radiation she had last year. Thank you for any recommendations!
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Discharge 7 weeks post brachy
I’m back again with the same issue. My vaginal cuff tore a little bit back at the end of December. As a result I was having a lot of tanish yellowish watery discharge. I was seen by the radiation oncologist that confirmed it was as a result of the cuff. ok, the discharge has significantly gotten better. However, I still…
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9 years
Hi every one, just “stopping by“ to say hello and let you know that I’m doing fine. It’s going to be 9 years since my surgery. Cancer is still in my mind but hopefully it’s gone from my body forever. Wishing you all the best.
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DFCI Newsletter
Just thought I'd share some interesting articles from Dana Farber's newletter I found interesting. https://blog.dana-farber.org/insight/2019/02/can-immunotherapy-be-combined-with-chemotherapy-to-fight-cancer/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Can immunotherapy be combined with chemotherapy to fight…
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Benefits of lemon and lemon oil for cancer
I decided to post a new thread after reading some of the older comments on lemons as well as some of the new ones. Let me say congratulations to bea-mil on your nine year anniversary. I am very happy for your success. For those that know my story, I was healed from metastatic cancer using integrative oncology, a…
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Having a bad day
So I haven't posted in a while. Honestly, Im having a pity party and have no one to attend it with me today. I actually feel a little guilty. So many of you have been through so much with the disease and side effects of treatment. Unitl now honestly, I felt like I was pretty much skating through. Radiation I had a little…
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Keytruda Efficacy
Greetings All. I’ve been a member since 2016. I have been on immunology for a year and a half and wanted to share my experience. First, my backstory/ treatment history: I was diagnosed in Fall of 2015 w stage 3c2 endometrial adenocarcinoma, I had a radical hysterectomy, followed by six rounds of carbo / taxol, followed by…
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Lumps popping out all over (Recap of Lost Posts, Topic Created by KatnHat on Dec 19, 2018)
This recap includes posts that were lost during CSN's data outage from 10/29/18 to 1/30/19. KatnHat Dec 19, 2018 - 7:51 pm Hi all, haven't posted much since I found out my cancer spread 6 months after completion of treatment last year (hysterectomy, chemo, radiation). When I did post, I was so depressed to hear EditGirl…
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Lemon (Citrus) - a miraculous product to kill cancer cells
Institute of Health Sciences, 819 N. L.L.C. Charles Street Baltimore , MD 1201. This is the latest in medicine, effective for cancer! Read carefully & you be the judge. Lemon (Citrus) is a miraculous product to kill cancer cells. It is 10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy. Why do we not know about that? Because there…
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Year later moving backwards.
i finished radiation last February and have very slowly regained some of my strength and health. However in the past month my health has taken a turn for the worse. I feel almost as bad as I did during treatment. The pain has become worse and my energy is lapsing again. Is it normal to fall back a year later?
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Waiting biopsy results
I am 9 days post hysteroscopy and I am waiting for my biopsy results. It's the start of a 3-day weekend which means I probably won't learn anything until Tuesday at the earliest. I have researched that based on my symptoms I probably have a 10 to 15% chance of being diagnosed with endometrial cancer. I also know that that…
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What does neuropathy feel like? Could this be it?
Zsazsa the Ice Queen needs to know if this could be the beginnings of neuropathy. I had treatment 5 of Carbo/Taxol/Herceptin a little over a week ago. About 16 yrs ago, I had a nerve taken out of my left foot, between the 3rd and 4th toes, because I had a chronically inflamed neuroma from compression. After the 4th…
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Happy Galentines Day!
Sending a lot of love to the group of gals who understand me better than anyone in my life. I can't thank you enough for all the support, information and friendship. I'm really scattered right now and haven't been able to keep up with the board for weeks, but I think of all of you daily and I'll be back as soon as I catch…
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Lymphedema
This probably is a stupid question, but how do I know if I have Lymphedema ? I have gained a little weight lately and now my legs are feeling weird and I feel they are getting larger especially the thighs . My legs just don’t feel right. It almost feels like my neuropathy is moving up my legs. I’m out of town for two weeks…
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Interesting article on immunotherapy side effects
https://blog.aacr.org/what-are-the-side-effects-of-immunotherapies-and-how-do-they-arise/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=linkedin&utm_campaign=blog&utm_content=Immunotherapies&sf98732065=1
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What would you do?
Thank you I realise this is not the place to post this.
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Second opinion
I went ahead and had a second opinion yesterday with a medical gyn onc at the other major medical center in town. Before the visit, she reviewed all my records and also went over my scans with the radiologist at her institution. She felt that it would be reasonable to do a post treatment CT sacan, and then scans every 6…
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Advice pls-Hard, Enlarged uterus-ultrasounds today
Hi Everyone, I have ultrasounds today at radiology because I have a grapefruit sized pelvic mass. My lower abdomen sticks out when I'm lying on my back and my doctor said my uterus is hard and enlarged. Does this sound like fibroids? I'm hoping for fibroids, but I have light periods that come like clockwork. I am 46,…
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Restoration of Lost Posts
I've restored as much of the content from the posts that were lost during the CSN data outage from 10/29/18 to 1/30/19 as I was able to find online in cached web pages. In some instances, I added the content to topics that existed before the data loss, but in most cases I created new discussion threads. I included the user…
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Everolimus (Recap of Lost Posts, Topic Created by Lulu7582 on Dec 27, 2018)
This recap includes posts that were lost during CSN's data outage from 10/29/18 to 1/30/19. Lulu7582 Dec 27, 2018 - 12:11 pm Good morning ladies, Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas / Holiday with family and friends. Just wondering if anyone else is on everolimus. Just started 2 weeks ago (love my new gyn/onc) and hoping…
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Five year post treatment from UPSC (Recap of Lost Posts, Topic Created by joannewtta on Jan 26, 2019
This recap includes posts that were lost during CSN's data outage from 10/29/18 to 1/30/19. joannewtta Jan 26, 2019 - 3:11 pm I was diagnosed with UPSC Stage 3, 3b in June 2013. I underwent 18 chemos of taxol and carbo plus four brachytherapies finishing in Feb. 2014. Surgery was in July 2013 about two weeks after my…
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Waiting with questions (Recap of Lost Posts, Topic Created by bfrank65 on Jan 23, 2019)
This recap includes posts that were lost during CSN's data outage from 10/29/18 to 1/30/19. bfrank65 Jan 23, 2019 - 4:53 pm Hello, I found This discussion board while I am waiting on further tests and Inhave questions. I know everyone is different, but sometimes learning everyone else’s experiences can help in planning and…
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3d recurrence decision tree (Recap of Lost Posts, Topic Created by oldbeauty on Jan 05, 2019)
This recap includes posts that were lost during CSN's data outage from 10/29/18 to 1/30/19. oldbeauty Jan 05, 2019 - 1:41 pm My living well/survivorship doctor, who is a medical oncologist specializing in BC, sent me for a pelvis/abdomen/chest/neck CT to investigate a cause for apparently worsening anemia that showed up in…
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Cancel brachytherapy after starting? (Recap of Lost Posts, Topic Created by Badyear2018 on Jan 28, 2
This recap includes posts that were lost during CSN's data outage from 10/29/18 to 1/30/19. Badyear2018 Jan 28, 2019- 8:12 pm hi has anyone stopped bracytherapy after start ? like many others, the uncertainty of side effects being worse than waiting . Figo 1 staged at 1B ONLY because I am 57; no other evidence of disease.…
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USPC/Clear Cell ? (Recap of Lost Posts, Topic Created by Ribbons on Jan 20, 2019)
This recap includes posts that were lost during CSN's data outage from 10/29/18 to 1/30/19. Ribbons Jan 20, 2019 - 2:20 pm I get confused by these labels. What exactly is the difference between USPC and clear cell cancer? Or are they the same?? My pathology report said mostly clear cell Forherself Jan 20, 2019 - 3:10 pm…
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Endometrial cancer (Recap of Lost Posts, Topic Created by lab44 on Jan 19, 2019)
This recap includes posts that were lost during CSN's data outage from 10/29/18 to 1/30/19. lab44 Jan 19, 2019 - 1:26 pm Hi, My story....diagnosed w DCIS breast cancer in 2010, had bi-lateral mastectomy in 2011. Just diagnosed w endometrial adenocarcenoma figo grade 1 with tubulopapillay & mucinous features, in background…
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Bracky and blood thinners (Recap of Lost Posts, Topic Created by Donna Faye on Jan 18, 2019)
This recap includes posts that were lost during CSN's data outage from 10/29/18 to 1/30/19. Donna Faye Jan 18, 2019 - 7:17 am Dear Ladies,I need some information from any who have walked this particular path. I had 4 bracky in 2017;then a recurrance on the vaginal wall in 2018, so 4 more Bracky. Know my wall is very thin…
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Good news after a rough 2 years (Recap of Lost Posts, Topic Created by Donna Faye on Jan 15, 2019)
This recap includes posts that were lost during CSN's data outage from 10/29/18 to 1/30/19. Donna Faye Jan 15, 2019 - 6:33 pm Had my CT and exam today and got another NED. After 2 years of thinking I was not going to hear this, it is good news. I have had good care on the whole and have very little to complain about as the…