ANYONE WITH UPSC NOT HAVE A RECURRENCE????

daisy366 said:

vascular surgeon
A vascular surgeon put my port in. I have only had raves from all nurses about my port.

imackie48 said:

My port
I had my port installed by interventional, but I did have pain afterwards, the doc told me since I had very little skin to strech on my chest, made it hurt so much, and the doctor wouldn't give me any pain meds, told me to take Ibuprofen, I just suffered with it. still uncomfortable. Joann did you ever hear of the cream EMLA it's a lidocaine you put on just prior to chemo treatment, I haven't started mine yet but my friend told me about this cream I will ask the oncologist about it. Irene .

fanniemay said:

I have a friend whose
I have a friend whose daughter had a port and she said the nurses put that cream on prior to treatment....so I will be tomorrow

Gracegoi said:

Fanniemay
Good luck tommorrow with the start of your treatment. It's nice a bunch of you first stagers are going through treatment at the same time . Support at the beggining is so important.
I read where you were afraid to not do the treatment. I was the opposite. I knew my odds were around 50% with out it. Yours will be better.

I was so grateful for Claudias support when I made my choice.

Fannie the difference between medicinal tea and herbal tea is, one is taken as a remedy for a condition. Many take herbal teas for enjoyment or as a non caffine hot drink.

I use herbs that target inflamation, angiogenisis, liver cleansing, and antioxidant.

And green tea is one of the ingredients.

Take care,

Grace

fanniemay said:

first taxol/carbo treatment today
Hi,Was at the hospital for my chemo treatment from 8a.m. til 4:30p.m. I started having heart palpatations and a fast pulse so they stopped and gave me steroids which helped. If I blow up like a "blow fish" I won't be going very many places. Have some nausea...took a pill...seems to have helped. Wasn't bad at all today. Tomorrow I will have more energy than the energizer bunny. Thursday I won't feel too good. If I have any bad side effects I am supposed to call them. BLessings and Hugs, Edith

california_artist said:

Ohmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Ohmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

jazzy1 said:

Claudia
You mentioned above --

"Only changed my diet and lifestyle. All medical interference refused. So far, seems to be going well."

Isn't the hysterectomy you had considered MEDICAL INTERFERENCE?? I'm confused here.

Jan

I Will Survive said:

Lecture
"Cannot expect to not change any behaviors after having surgery to remove your cancerous tumor and not have your cancer return".

Grace, I think this was more of a lecture to others than it was a revelation of what she had had done. Note the use of the word "your" rather then "my".

Yes, it is easy to miss things.

Refusing chemo and other treatment would be a lot easier to do if one is stage 1A than 3C. In my humble opinion, of course. Chiding later-stage patients for using these treatments is insensitive at best.

I Will Survive said:

What concern?
What concern of mine do you understand? A concern that people not be PUBLICLY chided here? If so, I am glad that you agree.

So as far as taking it "private".......what's good for the goose is good for the gander, heh? Public chiding begets more of the same.

One does not have to read too far back to see what I am talking about! Remember Linda and what was said to her? Just horrendous.

Hannah

california_artist said:

Hi, Grace-hope you will have a great time with the puppy.
Thanks for thinking of me, but, I am not a Stage lA as I didn't have any lymph nodes removed. My endometrial biopsy only showed the usual uterine cancer type, not UPSC. I had a 3 cm x 1cm tumor and two enlarged lymph nodes that continued to grow to over 1.5cm, until I began to use unconventional methods, after doing research and feeling that Taxol, while having an effect on the usual uterine cancer, which were er+, was not very effective on an estrogen negative cancer, like UPSC. since beginning the alternative therapy, while the nodes have never shrunk, neither have they grown. What I am doing is working for me. That's all I can wish for.

since the topic of the post is a question about recurrence, I didn't think it necessary to say I had a hysterectomy etc, since one cannot recur unless they have first gone into remission. I suppose I could clarify my response to say that after the original surgery, which I had because I didn't have any information about whether or not it was the best thing to do, anyway, after that, I have had not further treatments from conventional medicine.

I'm just saying what is true for me. There really isn't any reason to have any sort of discussion about it. It just is. Go and play with someone you love and think happy thoughts.



I believe that having my lymph nodes left intact was of great benefit in my being able to stop the cancer from either growing or returning, as was my radical change in diet and exercise.



We all do what we think is best for us, and that's all we can do.

The weather here is unseasonably warm for this time of year. My grand-daughter is a true delight. My daughter's health is much improved. My grandson is loving his first time in school since second grade. I have ordered oodles of canvases and a wonderful new camera. My thoughts for new paintings are endless. I do hope you all have as wonderful a year as I plan on having, with love in my heart for all.