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Latest on appeal of Tricare denial of cyberknife
- By momanderson920 · New reply 12:24 am
- Journal · 15 replies
- I have spent literally days/weeks working on this appeal. What I am finding is that Tricare is very devious in this department. First they sent me a letter stating that at the tenth day if they had not ...
Next to last chemo was 2/23
- By tyke2you · Posted 12:00 am
- Journal · 0 replies
- Next to last chemo was 2/23. I've had severe muscle weakness and pain and can walk a few feet with help. I understand this is common and will eventually go away. But, when I went in for treatment I was ...
What date do you use as your marker?
- By ohmama123 · New reply yesterday at 11:50 pm
- Discussion in Survivor stories · 17 replies
- Sorry - I can't find it although I know its been posted before. What date do you use to mark your "cancerversary" - dx? first rx? surgery? I was diagnosed officially through a laparoscopy, then chemo ...
Chemo side effects
- By erikankimm · New reply yesterday at 11:22 pm
- Discussion in Side effects of treatment · 5 replies
- My doctor said I would be really tired from the chemo more then anything else. How long does it take to hit you? I am having my first treatment next Thursday. Will I be able to work Friday ...
The Thief
- By chemocurls · New reply yesterday at 10:29 pm
- Journal · 7 replies
- Ovarian cancer crept into my life undetected. I didn't know it was there, and so I didn't fight, kick or scream. It simply moved into my abdomen and made a home. I don't know how long it had been there ...
Alternative treatment
- By ImBeatingIt · New reply yesterday at 10:17 pm
- Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 18 replies
- Anybody else doing alternative? If so, what's working? Artemesinin? IP6? Modified Citrus Pectin? Beta-glucans? Turkey Tail? Vitamin D? EnZymes? Budwig? Essiac? Other stuff? Under a doctor's care or in ...
Better news this morning:)
- By alleyt · New reply yesterday at 9:19 pm
- Discussion in Recurrence · 15 replies
- Hey to you all:) This morning my chemo nurse called with a graceful cheer in her voice...I had a ca125 done yesterday b4 I left from having my cat scan results read... Well to make a long story short...My ...
Good News To Share!
Second Debulking after Recurrence
- By PeacefulZen · New reply yesterday at 7:59 pm
- Discussion in Recurrence · 10 replies
- Hi All, I was dx June/08 total hysterectomy/debulking and staged at 1C. Had the normal 6 rounds of taxol/carbo and CA 125 down to 3 from 1100 prior to surgery. Finished the chemo November 08. September ...
N-acetylcysteine (NAC) for Side Effects?
- By Salty1 · New reply yesterday at 7:56 pm
- Discussion in Side effects of treatment · 5 replies
- Yesterday my chiropractor mentioned that NCA or N-acetylcysteine might be helpful for dealing with the skin effects of Doxil treatment. He made the suggestion based on the anti free radical properties ...
Weight gain....still
- By kalo555 · New reply yesterday at 7:30 pm
- Discussion in Side effects of treatment · 7 replies
- We've discussed this often and I understand that with chemo and steroids comes weight gain....I get it, but I went on a rant again today with my doctor and feel so hopeless. I have been making a conscious ...
Vitamin D and immune function
- By lifeisgrand · New reply yesterday at 7:14 pm
- Discussion in Research · 14 replies
- Vitamin D crucial to activating immune defenses Scientists from the Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology have discovered that Vitamin D is crucial to activating our immune defenses ...
borderline mucinous ovarian tumor
- By topanga42780 · New reply yesterday at 7:10 pm
- Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 2 replies
- Hello there! I'm Charlotte and I really need some advice and information regarding mucinous borderline tumor. I'm 30 years old, unmarried, and have no children yet. Just last January 2010 I found out ...
Is anyone familiar with IP-6 & Inositol?
Stage 1a OVCA questions
- By grateful-to-my-doc · New reply yesterday at 6:23 pm
- Discussion in Survivor stories · 6 replies
- I was diagnosed with Stage 1a OVCA and have questions for others in that same stage. Did you have to go through chemo and if so how long? How was your OVCA discovered? Did you have any of the subtle symptoms ...
Adhesions/Obstruction
- By faith50 · New reply yesterday at 6:18 pm
- Discussion in Side effects of treatment · 3 replies
- I have been having mid stomach pains off and on since Jan. with nausea and sometimes vomiting. Bowel movements pretty regular so not a complete obstruction but could be a partial blockage I guess. I also ...
Cancer Care Phone Seminar Today
Confussed But Im Ok:)
- By alleyt · New reply yesterday at 5:21 pm
- Discussion in Recurrence · 22 replies
- Hi, I was told today I wont ever have a remission and I will have 2 or 3 more Avastin & Taxotere which that made the tumors all shrink...I have tumors all over my abdomen and colon,liver and spleen...He ...
Six Years and Still Here
- By BarbF · New reply yesterday at 5:20 pm
- Discussion in Survivor stories · 40 replies
- Dear Ladies, Last week I celebrated six years of survival from ovarian cancer stage IV. I was originally dxd in February of 2004. I had an optimal debulking and six rounds of carbo/taxol. I was in remission ...
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