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Congats on the great check up
Hi Tracie, welcome to the group that we wish didn't have to exist but are soooo grateful it is here. Sounds like you are doing well ~ considering the journey you are on ~ so congratulations and God Bless. Bonnie

Welcome
Hi Tracie and welcome to the club no one wants to belong to!! You'll find all sorts of support,love and advice on here. I was diagnosed almost 4 years ago and will be starting chemo for my 3rd recurrence this week. This disease can be so tough at times but it can also be dealt with as a chronic disease...so don't ever give up hope or believe some of the hype you read. ((((hugz)))~~~Joanne

1st Timer Myself
Hi, I am also 43 this is my 1st time on this site and the 1st time i have had cancer, I just got done with my 6th treatment of the standard chemo and will continue with the trial drug i am starting the 7th trial treatment next week and I will only have to go to the hospital 1x every 3 weeks, I had my follow up scan today as well so I will find out if I have the same reults as the last scan which revealed no tumors at all. My Dr. was able to remove everything from me it had spread to my diaphram, now the worst thing I have to deal with is the Hot Flashes and night sweats. If you ever want to chat or have any questions please feel free to email me or send me an Instant message on yahoo my email is terry.paci@yahoo.com same as my IM. look forward to hearing from you soon and good luck we all need to stick together and support each other every step of the way.

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Hi Tracie, This IS a great group. I don't know why docs don't give out this website along with their diagnoses. My sister, who is the one who has cancer, will have her port removed at the end of October. Her CA-125 spiked to 71 and doc thinks removal of port will bring numbers back down. Sounds as if that was the case with you. Congratulations. Since I'm new to all of this, I was wondering if you could tell me why you have "another 3 months to enjoy." What will happen at the end of the 3 months? I too pray for all of these women, and now, you, too.

Gail

karlln46 said:

Cancer on the diaphram
My mom has been battling this relentless disease for 4 years now. When she had her initial surgeries the Dr. said she left a small amount of the cancer on the diaphram but that the chemo would take care of it. After her initial treatments she was in remission. Then at her second checkup it had returned. She has had several different chemos and numerous cat scans. She had a cat scan right before her bowel obstruction that showed no tumors 5 days later she was in the hospital. I have read a lot of your postings and have noticed that your cancers had spread to the diaphram and the Dr. didn't remove it. Were any of you given the option to have it removed? I read that removing the cancer from the diaphram, having installations of chemo into the peritineal cavity as well as intra venus chemo has a better success rate. Anyone else hear the same or otherwise?

cancer on diaphram
first off how old is your mom, that is the most important question only because I am 43 and my Dr told me and my family the older you are the harder it is to remove all the tumors, he had to cut me from just above the pubic area all the way to the diaphram i also had to have a bowel resection, along with a part of my large intestine removed, my omentum had to be completely removed as well he removed 10-15 lbs of tumors out of my body,and told me and my family that the only reason they dont remove the tumors in older woman is because it flakes off to easy and settles in other areas, when your younger it is a solid mass that is easily removed. although i still have the cancer flakes in my blood that is why they suggest chemo to kill the flakes so they dont make a home somewhere else. I've just completed my 6th round of chemo which is all the Dr told me i had to have i am currently taking the clinical trial drug avastin which i was also taking with the regular treatments now i am on the avastin alone because it kills only the cancer cells.

I hope that i have helped with some of your questions i can only tell you what my Dr told me so i do hope that it helped. good luck with your mother and i will put you in my prayers.

umaof6 said:

Yippee!!!
Thank God for his goodness. I am new here also. When I was going through treatment, it required so much energy to think I didn't get on my computer very often. I was diagnosed Sept. 14,2007. I went through six treatments of carbo/taxol. I had my last treatment Jan.21, of this year. At my check up Sept. 8 of this year, things were all good. My ca125 is down to eight!! My next onc ck up is january of 2009. That will be a four month intravel instead of three. I feel fantastic and I am now able to put my energy in things other than the cancer. I wish I had found this site sooner. God Bless all of you out there who are dealing with this disease in one way or another. In Christ, Carol

Congratulations!
Yippee, indeed! I'll be thinking good thoughts for you, too, as well as all the other women!

Hugs,
Gail