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  • AnneBehymer
    AnneBehymer Member Posts: 738 Member
    #22
    kimberly sue 63 said:

    you are right
    You are so right about me! I do know what the best and worst can be and I have seen my patients endure cancer treatment and also die from the disease. It is the unknown that gets me every time. Right now it is the unknown path report...which I will find out tomorrow. The unknown of what the cancer wants to do be nice and go away with treatment or be stubborn and challenge me at every aspect of care. One feels quite helpless in the presence of cancer. I don't like this feeling. I prefer to be in control and I don't like change. I'm feeling extra emotional today, considering I have my appointment tomorrow. Tomorrow my life can really change and dealing with cancer maybe made a reality. These last two weeks have been a change and hard at times, but overall quite manageable. Me and my husband also could keep saying there is still a chance all is ok. But tomorrow is the day of truth and I am scared!

    We all are that way before
    We all are that way before test I will give you a word of advice that my mom has given me through out so many different things. Breath in thru your nose and out your mouth. She also will tell me not to brorrow trouble from tomorrow because each day has it's own troubles. I hope this helps but one thing I know will help is I will pray for you tomorrow and please come back and let us know either way it goes.

    Love, Hugs, and Prayer
    Anne
  • kimberly sue 63
    kimberly sue 63 Member Posts: 421 Member
    #23
    kimberly sue 63 said:

    you are right
    You are so right about me! I do know what the best and worst can be and I have seen my patients endure cancer treatment and also die from the disease. It is the unknown that gets me every time. Right now it is the unknown path report...which I will find out tomorrow. The unknown of what the cancer wants to do be nice and go away with treatment or be stubborn and challenge me at every aspect of care. One feels quite helpless in the presence of cancer. I don't like this feeling. I prefer to be in control and I don't like change. I'm feeling extra emotional today, considering I have my appointment tomorrow. Tomorrow my life can really change and dealing with cancer maybe made a reality. These last two weeks have been a change and hard at times, but overall quite manageable. Me and my husband also could keep saying there is still a chance all is ok. But tomorrow is the day of truth and I am scared!

    pathology results
    Well, results are in...I have been staged with serous papillary carcinoma stage IIIc. The only abdominal lesions were within the omentum,ovaries, and fallopian tubes and that was all removed.I had nodes on my diaphragm that were quite small, but the pathology of those was negative. I had positive abdominal washings which is a given. The good news is that all of my lymph nodes were clean. My oncologist is confident we can keep it under control and my type is very receptive to the chemo-therapuetic agents. So all in all it is a good result for ovarian cancer....but the sense of doom is still there!! The prospect of chrmotherapy is overwhelming.
    She (my oncologist) wants to chemo-dense treatment which means day one I get carbo/taxol, then weekly taxol. This is the cycle of 3 weeks. Has any one done it that way?
  • fightermom
    fightermom Member Posts: 5
    #24
    kimberly sue 63 said:

    pathology results
    Well, results are in...I have been staged with serous papillary carcinoma stage IIIc. The only abdominal lesions were within the omentum,ovaries, and fallopian tubes and that was all removed.I had nodes on my diaphragm that were quite small, but the pathology of those was negative. I had positive abdominal washings which is a given. The good news is that all of my lymph nodes were clean. My oncologist is confident we can keep it under control and my type is very receptive to the chemo-therapuetic agents. So all in all it is a good result for ovarian cancer....but the sense of doom is still there!! The prospect of chrmotherapy is overwhelming.
    She (my oncologist) wants to chemo-dense treatment which means day one I get carbo/taxol, then weekly taxol. This is the cycle of 3 weeks. Has any one done it that way?

    Pathology Results
    Hi Kimberly,

    Amazingly enough we received my moms final pathology report on Thursday as well, and she was also diagnosed with serous papillary carcinoma stage IIIb. She will be starting chemo in three weeks also doing the carbo/taxol, then weekly taxol ~ 3 week cycles for 6 rounds. I would love to keep in touch and share information with you as we seem to be going through this together.

    All my best,
    Stacy

    fightsma@cox.net
  • kimberly sue 63
    kimberly sue 63 Member Posts: 421 Member
    #25
    fightermom said:

    Pathology Results
    Hi Kimberly,

    Amazingly enough we received my moms final pathology report on Thursday as well, and she was also diagnosed with serous papillary carcinoma stage IIIb. She will be starting chemo in three weeks also doing the carbo/taxol, then weekly taxol ~ 3 week cycles for 6 rounds. I would love to keep in touch and share information with you as we seem to be going through this together.

    All my best,
    Stacy

    fightsma@cox.net

    YES
    I would also like to keep up. How do I save you as a friend?
  • fightermom
    fightermom Member Posts: 5
    #26
    kimberly sue 63 said:

    YES
    I would also like to keep up. How do I save you as a friend?

    YES!
    Please feel free to e-mail me at fightsma@cox.net

    Stacy
  • slhwtx
    slhwtx Member Posts: 7
    #27
    undertreatment2012 said:

    sorry you had to find us
    So sorry to hear. I too am fairly new, Diagnosed February 29th. What was supposed to be a cyst removal turned out Stage 1A clear cell, tumor grade 3. My advice is DO NOT look things up on the internet, it will make you crazy. And I am here to tell you, there are o answers,only statistics and that's not what you need. Seven days out from surgery I remember it well. Still hard to get around,trying to heal and then those words in your head. The best advice I can give you for now, from my experience is only try to focus on eating right, resting, walking, you know, building back up your strength. To me it sounds positive what they said about the surgery. Waiting is the hardest. You wait for everything, now waiting for the final staging. I had to pray for patience, but concentrating on healing from the surgery made the days not so long. I will add you to my friends list, please let us hear from you again.
    FYI, I had my first chemo March 23rd, another one scheduled a week from tomorrow. Let me know if I can help you. I hate this disease for all of us, but together we can hold hands and get through it.

    Newbie to this whole experience too
    I too had a removal surgery that was supposed to be just a cyst like growth on my left ovary. Turned out they had to remove the ovary. It was all going well my doctor said until he was about to bag it when it leaked. Of course at the time they didn't know it was a tumor. Once the pathology report came back the doctor called for me to go in and get results. I knew right then something was wrong. I now wait for my next surgery next week to have a complete hysterectomy so they can biopsy it all and stage the cancer. Once they do that I will find out about chemo and next steps. Researching online is no help as I find myself thinking and fearing the worst.
    I have a good support network between friends and family, however, i find myself not sharing the down side of my feelings as to not worry them. I happened upon here and thought what the heck and now I am glad I did. I hope through this site, blogs and information here we can all help each other get through the may trials and tribulations coming our way.
  • kimberly sue 63
    kimberly sue 63 Member Posts: 421 Member
    #28
    slhwtx said:

    Newbie to this whole experience too
    I too had a removal surgery that was supposed to be just a cyst like growth on my left ovary. Turned out they had to remove the ovary. It was all going well my doctor said until he was about to bag it when it leaked. Of course at the time they didn't know it was a tumor. Once the pathology report came back the doctor called for me to go in and get results. I knew right then something was wrong. I now wait for my next surgery next week to have a complete hysterectomy so they can biopsy it all and stage the cancer. Once they do that I will find out about chemo and next steps. Researching online is no help as I find myself thinking and fearing the worst.
    I have a good support network between friends and family, however, i find myself not sharing the down side of my feelings as to not worry them. I happened upon here and thought what the heck and now I am glad I did. I hope through this site, blogs and information here we can all help each other get through the may trials and tribulations coming our way.

    welcome to our support site
    I am so sorry to hear of your experience and I feel the pains and grief that you are enduring right now. We are here to listen and support. Keep up with us,and we all will do the best we can.
    Yes, Internet searches are not always helpful. Sometimes it can be quite scary to read the data on ovarian cancer.
    I also think our site can be scary even though everyone on this site are helpful and quite intelligent about this disease, and are very compassionate. But sometimes, especially when your new to the whole concept of cancer,reading posts about women who have had a long fight and now continue to battle or have no other options can be very scary when you are new and unsure of what direction your own cancer will take. So look for posts with good news often...it does help.

    Talk with your doctors and find out the specifics of your disease because all of us may have ovarian cancer, but each one of has a different cell type, stage, and all of us will respond to the cancer and treatments differently. So remember even if someone is not fairing well with treatment at some time it does not mean that is your path also.

    Feel our virtual hugs and support.

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