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Glad to be done
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What stage was everybody when they were diagnosed? I was III C

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  • AnneBehymer
    AnneBehymer Member Posts: 738 Member
    #2
    stage 4
    Anne

    stage 4

    Anne
  • lovesanimals
    lovesanimals Member Posts: 1,366 Member
    #3
    AnneBehymer said:

    stage 4
    Anne

    stage 4

    Anne

    Stage 2b
    I was diagnosed at stage 2b after my debulking surgery in October 2010. Prior to surgery, my CA 125 was over 2,800 and it dropped to 7 after my surgery. I've been NED (no evidence of disease) ever since.

    Kelly
  • 2timothy1 7
    2timothy1 7 Member Posts: 345
    #4
    3c, poorly differentiated.

    3c, poorly differentiated.
  • Glad to be done
    Glad to be done Member Posts: 569
    #5
    2timothy1 7 said:

    3c, poorly differentiated.

    3c, poorly differentiated.

    Kelly my ca 125 was in the
    Kelly my ca 125 was in the high 200's before surgery. After it was 19. After chemo it was 10.

    2tim. What do you mean poorly differentiated? Where did it spread to? Mine they found it microscopicly on 1 of the 27 lymph nodes they removed during debulking. Luckily everything else they removed and biopsied and all surrounding organs biopsied came back clean.....
  • jbeans888
    jbeans888 Member Posts: 313
    #6
    Glad to be done said:

    Kelly my ca 125 was in the
    Kelly my ca 125 was in the high 200's before surgery. After it was 19. After chemo it was 10.

    2tim. What do you mean poorly differentiated? Where did it spread to? Mine they found it microscopicly on 1 of the 27 lymph nodes they removed during debulking. Luckily everything else they removed and biopsied and all surrounding organs biopsied came back clean.....

    I was dx with III c

    I was dx with III c
  • Mwee
    Mwee Member Posts: 1,338
    #7
    III C
    like many of us, I had no real symptoms until I developed a hernia which saved my life.
    ((((HUGS))) Maria
  • poopergirl14052
    poopergirl14052 Member Posts: 1,183 Member
    #8
    Mwee said:

    III C
    like many of us, I had no real symptoms until I developed a hernia which saved my life.
    ((((HUGS))) Maria

    3C
    Had classic symptoms .pain, bloating etc....but never thought it was OVCA. I have learned a lot about this disease and I with it was out there before I got sick.....Val
  • kikz
    kikz Member Posts: 1,345 Member
    #9
    poopergirl14052 said:

    3C
    Had classic symptoms .pain, bloating etc....but never thought it was OVCA. I have learned a lot about this disease and I with it was out there before I got sick.....Val

    I was diagnosed
    Stage IIIc with the same classic symptoms. I waited a month to even contact my doctor because the symptoms were so minor. I was prompted to call because they just wouldn't go away.


    Karen
  • lovesanimals
    lovesanimals Member Posts: 1,366 Member
    #10
    kikz said:

    I was diagnosed
    Stage IIIc with the same classic symptoms. I waited a month to even contact my doctor because the symptoms were so minor. I was prompted to call because they just wouldn't go away.


    Karen

    My Gyn/Oncology Surgeon thought I was 3C prior to surgery
    mainly because my mass (tumor) was the size of a baseball. However, during surgery he discovered that, while the tumor had attached itself to my lower colon, it had not spread to the lymph nodes or other organs, so I was officially staged 2b.

    Like many of you, I experienced "whispering" symptoms months before my diagnosis (pelvic pain, some bloating) but I didn't go to the doctor, assuming it was my irritable bowel syndrome or ovulation cramps or my uterine fibroid. I never thought cancer.

    Kelly
  • Erixka
    Erixka Member Posts: 19
    #11
    Stage 3
    I don't have my pathology results yet...
    Mine is classified as stage 3 because it was in both ovaries (14 cm and 10 cm), in my uterus, omentum and lymph nodes.
  • Alexandra
    Alexandra Member Posts: 1,308
    #12
    Stage 3C
    After going to the walk-in clinic doctor mid-March 2012 with abdominal pain, ultrasound showed a tiny cyst on one ovary. Doctor told me "no worries", lets watch it, have another ultrasound in 3 months. Suggested to take TUMS for pain, probably just heartburn.

    6 weeks later with strong pains and bloated abdomen I drove myself to the ER. CT scan showed 9 cm pelvic tumor, ascites, mets to peritoneum and omentum. They tapped 3 liters of ascites fluid and cytology came back as adenocarcinoma. CA125 was 1083.

    Congratulations and welcome to the exciting world of cancer! Grab a complimentary wig on the way out.

    I have not had surgery yet, could be stage 4 for all I know.
  • Glad to be done
    Glad to be done Member Posts: 569
    #13
    Alexandra said:

    Stage 3C
    After going to the walk-in clinic doctor mid-March 2012 with abdominal pain, ultrasound showed a tiny cyst on one ovary. Doctor told me "no worries", lets watch it, have another ultrasound in 3 months. Suggested to take TUMS for pain, probably just heartburn.

    6 weeks later with strong pains and bloated abdomen I drove myself to the ER. CT scan showed 9 cm pelvic tumor, ascites, mets to peritoneum and omentum. They tapped 3 liters of ascites fluid and cytology came back as adenocarcinoma. CA125 was 1083.

    Congratulations and welcome to the exciting world of cancer! Grab a complimentary wig on the way out.

    I have not had surgery yet, could be stage 4 for all I know.

    Ok Alexandra you just made
    Ok Alexandra you just made me laugh so hard with your congratlations sentace.
  • 2timothy1 7
    2timothy1 7 Member Posts: 345
    #14
    Glad to be done said:

    Kelly my ca 125 was in the
    Kelly my ca 125 was in the high 200's before surgery. After it was 19. After chemo it was 10.

    2tim. What do you mean poorly differentiated? Where did it spread to? Mine they found it microscopicly on 1 of the 27 lymph nodes they removed during debulking. Luckily everything else they removed and biopsied and all surrounding organs biopsied came back clean.....

    Cancer grades
    Hey there.
    I will try to answer what poorly differentiated is.

    Grade 1 (well-differentiated cells) Look more like normal cells and respond best to chemo
    Grade 2 (moderately -differentiated cells)
    Grade 3 (poorly differentiated cells) Cells look more disorganized and don't respond as well to chemo
    These are the most aggressive cells.

    Been looking for my path reports. Can't find it at the moment. Starting to think it actually said moderately diff. Oh well it is what it is.
  • 2timothy1 7
    2timothy1 7 Member Posts: 345
    #15
    Alexandra said:

    Stage 3C
    After going to the walk-in clinic doctor mid-March 2012 with abdominal pain, ultrasound showed a tiny cyst on one ovary. Doctor told me "no worries", lets watch it, have another ultrasound in 3 months. Suggested to take TUMS for pain, probably just heartburn.

    6 weeks later with strong pains and bloated abdomen I drove myself to the ER. CT scan showed 9 cm pelvic tumor, ascites, mets to peritoneum and omentum. They tapped 3 liters of ascites fluid and cytology came back as adenocarcinoma. CA125 was 1083.

    Congratulations and welcome to the exciting world of cancer! Grab a complimentary wig on the way out.

    I have not had surgery yet, could be stage 4 for all I know.

    Grab a complimentary wig.
    Grab a complimentary wig. Love it. You have a sense of humor that will help tremendously. I guess you know the American Cancer Society gives out a free wig to every cancer patient?
  • Alexandra
    Alexandra Member Posts: 1,308
    #16
    2timothy1 7 said:

    Grab a complimentary wig.
    Grab a complimentary wig. Love it. You have a sense of humor that will help tremendously. I guess you know the American Cancer Society gives out a free wig to every cancer patient?

    Wig
    I know, I was just kidding. Also I'm in Canada.
    Buying wigs was the most fun before starting chemo. I went a little overboard and now own 8 (2 human hair sheitels and 6 synthetic in assorted lengths and colors).
  • Glad to be done
    Glad to be done Member Posts: 569
    #17
    Alexandra said:

    Wig
    I know, I was just kidding. Also I'm in Canada.
    Buying wigs was the most fun before starting chemo. I went a little overboard and now own 8 (2 human hair sheitels and 6 synthetic in assorted lengths and colors).

    You go Alexandra.... 8
    You go Alexandra.... 8 different looks. School starts Sept 5th and that means back to work for me. I am so excited. I haven't beeen there since January. I am a health aide in the health office at our high school and the doctor told me absolutely no work during chemo. I joke and say that I need to be to work at 7 so I can get up at 6:30 because I dont have to do my hair. I bought 1 wig and a baseball hat that has hair attached to the bottom then I got a wig from the cancer society. I wear the one I got for free when i go camping and we have campfires. If a spark hits it and it burns ok. I don't want my one I spent money on going up in flames.... LOL
  • 2timothy1 7
    2timothy1 7 Member Posts: 345
    #18
    Glad to be done said:

    You go Alexandra.... 8
    You go Alexandra.... 8 different looks. School starts Sept 5th and that means back to work for me. I am so excited. I haven't beeen there since January. I am a health aide in the health office at our high school and the doctor told me absolutely no work during chemo. I joke and say that I need to be to work at 7 so I can get up at 6:30 because I dont have to do my hair. I bought 1 wig and a baseball hat that has hair attached to the bottom then I got a wig from the cancer society. I wear the one I got for free when i go camping and we have campfires. If a spark hits it and it burns ok. I don't want my one I spent money on going up in flames.... LOL

    Glad you are going back to
    Glad you are going back to work. I just started back this past week. I told my husband it was the first day I didn't think about my cancer for 8 hrs.

    I love my wigs too. I bought 2. It is so easy to get ready. Also now that the weather is cooler they are not too warm.
  • Alexandra
    Alexandra Member Posts: 1,308
    #19
    Glad to be done said:

    You go Alexandra.... 8
    You go Alexandra.... 8 different looks. School starts Sept 5th and that means back to work for me. I am so excited. I haven't beeen there since January. I am a health aide in the health office at our high school and the doctor told me absolutely no work during chemo. I joke and say that I need to be to work at 7 so I can get up at 6:30 because I dont have to do my hair. I bought 1 wig and a baseball hat that has hair attached to the bottom then I got a wig from the cancer society. I wear the one I got for free when i go camping and we have campfires. If a spark hits it and it burns ok. I don't want my one I spent money on going up in flames.... LOL

    8 wigs
    It's so great that you're going back to work. I miss my job, mostly my co-workers. I am (was) a buyer for a Tier 1 automotive company.

    I took my car to the same mechanic shop on 3 separate occasions wearing 3 different wigs and determined that I was treated much better and charged less as a blonde than as brunette or redhead. Men are so predictable...
  • 2timothy1 7
    2timothy1 7 Member Posts: 345
    #20
    Alexandra said:

    8 wigs
    It's so great that you're going back to work. I miss my job, mostly my co-workers. I am (was) a buyer for a Tier 1 automotive company.

    I took my car to the same mechanic shop on 3 separate occasions wearing 3 different wigs and determined that I was treated much better and charged less as a blonde than as brunette or redhead. Men are so predictable...

    Work
    Yes I'm glad to be back at work. I missed the interaction with others. It had been 9months since I worked. I am a CT tech. Was worried I would forget how to do it bur it came back to me.

    That's funny bout the wig color. All my wigs are blond. Now that my hair is coming back though, it is salt and pepper. More salt than pepper though.:)
  • AnneBehymer
    AnneBehymer Member Posts: 738 Member
    #21
    2timothy1 7 said:

    Cancer grades
    Hey there.
    I will try to answer what poorly differentiated is.

    Grade 1 (well-differentiated cells) Look more like normal cells and respond best to chemo
    Grade 2 (moderately -differentiated cells)
    Grade 3 (poorly differentiated cells) Cells look more disorganized and don't respond as well to chemo
    These are the most aggressive cells.

    Been looking for my path reports. Can't find it at the moment. Starting to think it actually said moderately diff. Oh well it is what it is.

    So am I the only stage four
    So am I the only stage four here I feel so alone lol just kidding but I am suprised that I am the only stage four

    Anne

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