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Bstrange
Bstrange Member Posts: 87
edited March 2014 in Ovarian Cancer #1
Thank everyone for the information on the Port. I had chemo this morning and it may be my last for awhile - If it's God's will forever.
My veins are very good so I'll see what Dr. says.

My husband and I went to La., Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee and just got back yesterday.

I hope everyone has been feeling good.

I pray for you guys nightly.

love,
B

After 3rd chemo CA 125 is at 12. I've had 2 since then. Thank you Lord.

When I worry I have discovered I'm "minding God's business." :)

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  • TracieK
    TracieK Member Posts: 45
    #2
    Hi!
    I hope you enjoyed all those places. I know I would. I m so glad all is well. I pray for your continued good news! I finally got a picture here. It took me a while to figure it out. Must be the chemo brain. It is so nice to see who everyone is.

    Tracie
  • saundra
    saundra Member Posts: 1,370 Member
    #3
    Time to celebrate
    Last chemo on this round is a reason to celebrate as soon as you feel like it. Glad you got to take a trip. That does wonders for my outlook. I do like your attitude toward "worry".

    Tracie, thanks for giving a face to your name. Both are beautiful!!! ❤ Saundra
  • kdg3
    kdg3 Member Posts: 3
    #4
    good morning-I'm new!
    I am about to begin 12 months of maintenance chemo-in the meantime have had a positive BRCA2 results and and now facing radical mastectomy! Looking for info and support!
  • saundra
    saundra Member Posts: 1,370 Member
    #5
    kdg3 said:

    good morning-I'm new!
    I am about to begin 12 months of maintenance chemo-in the meantime have had a positive BRCA2 results and and now facing radical mastectomy! Looking for info and support!

    Hello kdg3
    Please post a new thread by starting a new topic just your own and you will get more help and answers.
    Go back to the list of postings and click on start a new topic. I have done the maintenance of taxol for 11 months so will be willing to share with you my experience. (((Hugs))) Saundra
  • BonnieR
    BonnieR Member Posts: 1,526 Member
    #6
    kdg3 said:

    good morning-I'm new!
    I am about to begin 12 months of maintenance chemo-in the meantime have had a positive BRCA2 results and and now facing radical mastectomy! Looking for info and support!

    welcom
    welcome kdg, I am also a brca2 but did not do the masectomy. Sending lots of prayers your way. Hugs Bonnie
  • ladyjogger31
    ladyjogger31 Member Posts: 289
    #7
    Great News
    Hi Barb,
    It sounds like you had a nice trip, my husband and I want to go out west in July or August. I all depends on what I'm up against. I want to see if I can take an anti estrogen pill like Saundra and Sue, hopefully that will keep things stable for awhile so I can enjoy myself.

    Congrats!! on your low ca 125, may it continue to stay down forever. God is Great!!
    Hugs and Prayers Terry
  • kris43
    kris43 Member Posts: 275
    #8
    kdg3 said:

    good morning-I'm new!
    I am about to begin 12 months of maintenance chemo-in the meantime have had a positive BRCA2 results and and now facing radical mastectomy! Looking for info and support!

    Welcome
    I did the testing also and was negative - but I would have done the mastectomy immediately. My oncologist explained that it was a preventable cancer - I just thought about it, read about it and decided. It is such a personal decision. I personally don't have that great of attachment to my breasts - they don't make me feel like a woman one way or another. They've just always been there.

    As Saundra suggested - if you start a new topic you'll get plenty of responses. Good luck and keep posting. You'll find a wealth of information, support and love here. Hugs!

    Kris
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    #9
    kdg3 said:

    good morning-I'm new!
    I am about to begin 12 months of maintenance chemo-in the meantime have had a positive BRCA2 results and and now facing radical mastectomy! Looking for info and support!

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  • saundra
    saundra Member Posts: 1,370 Member
    #10
    ladyjogger31 said:

    Great News
    Hi Barb,
    It sounds like you had a nice trip, my husband and I want to go out west in July or August. I all depends on what I'm up against. I want to see if I can take an anti estrogen pill like Saundra and Sue, hopefully that will keep things stable for awhile so I can enjoy myself.

    Congrats!! on your low ca 125, may it continue to stay down forever. God is Great!!
    Hugs and Prayers Terry

    Anti estrogen
    Terry, the anti estrogen only brought my CA125 down for one month and then slowly inched back up.
    It may have been holding the growth to slow for 7 months but not working like chemo for me. It is expensive (About $300/month here). Well, I thought that was expensive until a close friend with leukemia picked up her prescription and it was $4000 for one month. I may have had the slow growth without the pill. Will never know. Saundra
  • JanQ
    JanQ Member Posts: 236
    #11
    news
    That is fantastic news! Praise God!
  • LPack
    LPack Member Posts: 645
    #12
    Praise the Lord
    Doing a praise dance! Great news and nice to take trips, isn't it?

    God is so good. My CA 125 is 6.1 as of test Tuesday. Praise You, Jesus.

    Love,
    Libby ☺
  • BonnieR
    BonnieR Member Posts: 1,526 Member
    #13
    LPack said:

    Praise the Lord
    Doing a praise dance! Great news and nice to take trips, isn't it?

    God is so good. My CA 125 is 6.1 as of test Tuesday. Praise You, Jesus.

    Love,
    Libby ☺

    Congrats Libby
    Libby that is great news!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
  • Bstrange
    Bstrange Member Posts: 87
    #14
    LPack said:

    Praise the Lord
    Doing a praise dance! Great news and nice to take trips, isn't it?

    God is so good. My CA 125 is 6.1 as of test Tuesday. Praise You, Jesus.

    Love,
    Libby ☺

    6.1
    That's great!!!
  • Ltalcott
    Ltalcott Member Posts: 119
    #15
    kdg3 said:

    good morning-I'm new!
    I am about to begin 12 months of maintenance chemo-in the meantime have had a positive BRCA2 results and and now facing radical mastectomy! Looking for info and support!

    Lots of information
    Slide over to the Breast Cancer specific discussion board--I'm a regular over there--two instances of BC, one in each breast--unconnected.

    I've undergone testing for the BRCA gene, and came over here to read some of your stories.

    There are lots of discussion threads that you can read--and people are great about answering questions.

    I'd imagine you would have bilateral mastectomies--maybe with immediate reconstruction. They usually don't take any muscle--which is what they did in the old "radical" mastectomies.

    I had bilateral mastectomies, immediate DIEP flap reconstruction. (They made me new breasts out of my tummy fat--perky breasts and a flat tummy!) I'm seven weeks out of surgery, and very happy with my decision.

    My chance of another breast cancer is 3%--I do have some breast tissue left, but it is right on the skin, so any breast cancer could be seen easily--no more mammograms!

    lisa

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