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New Here and Need advise

clulss
  • By clulss · Yesterday at 11:52 pm
  • In Treatment · 6 replies
  • Hello everyone!! This is my first time writing on here, and need some helpful advise. I was diagnosed with Stage 1A ovarian cancer about two months ago. I had a 15cm cyst over my right ovary, so they ...

I am appalled --Stand up to Cancer on T.V.

hr
  • By hr · Yesterday at 10:45 pm
  • In Awareness and fundraising events · 13 replies
  • I am so disappointed...I anxiously waited to watch the cancer "telethon" which incorporated all three of the major networks. Anyway, while heartwrenching, of course, I just couldn't believe that there ...

Another Question

Teresa56
  • By Teresa56 · Yesterday at 6:06 am
  • In Side effects of treatment · 2 replies
  • My Mom is starting to have difficulty swallowing her food but we have not seen it point to just certain foods, it just happens all of a sudden. She will take a bite,swallow and then start gagging. She ...

Walkathons to raise OC awareness in NJ

Dee5
  • By Dee5 · September 4, 2008
  • In Awareness and fundraising events · 0 replies
  • There will be a number of walkathons in central and northern NJ to raise awareness of ovarian cancer and funds for research. There is still time to volunteer too for these walks. Note: The Kaleidoscope ...

New BRAC diagnoses

rback
  • By rback · September 3, 2008
  • In Newly diagnosed · 6 replies
  • I don't know what to think! I'm adopted so I don't know much about my family history and I'm not sure what to do. My mother-n-law passed away from ovarian cancer almost two years ago and I'm scared. My ...

Electrolux and Kelly Ripa

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LA Event - Diva for a Day

Brandi
  • By Brandi · September 3, 2008
  • In Awareness and fundraising events · 0 replies
  • Is anyone else in the Los Angeles area planning to attend the Diva for a Day luncheon event this Thursday? I think that it is being put on by the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition ...

Survived 32.5 years...where are you???

gina67
  • By gina67 · September 2, 2008
  • In Survivor stories · 16 replies
  • Hello there, I was reading through the posts and read one from a lady on here who was diagnosed 32.5 years ago. I have tried to find the post again, and now I can't. If you are reading this, and forgive ...

Need your opinions , cause you all are terrific

songbird78
  • By songbird78 · September 2, 2008
  • In Treatment · 11 replies
  • Heres my problem. I know coming here to ask is where ill get a definitive answer. As some of you know my cancer returned. My doctored was " 90 percent sure" my 2 lil nodules were cancer. So he set me ...

Friday, September 5th - National Teal Day- NYC Event

Liz_Bauer_with_OCNA
  • By Liz_Bauer_with_OCNA · September 2, 2008
  • In Awareness and fundraising events · 4 replies
  • Friday, September 5th - National Teal Day It's Teal Day, Hear us Roar! 5:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. It’s Teal Day, Hear us Roar! an initiative organized by the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance in an effort to ...

To Denver Area Women--Event on Friday

jeaniet
  • By jeaniet · September 2, 2008
  • In Awareness and fundraising events · 6 replies
  • Hey all Denver area warriors----on Friday at 11:30 there will be an OC Awareness Walk from the west side of Civic Center Park to the steps of the capital. 7News Bertha Lynn will be there, plus others ...

What happens next if Chemo doesn't work?

sarahelizmorton
  • By sarahelizmorton · September 1, 2008
  • In Treatment · 3 replies
  • I was just wondering if any of you have had chemo not to work. What did the doctors do next? My chemo was gemzar and carbo. I am highly allergic to taxil. I have stage III A ovarian cancer ...

my wife has enlarged para aortic lymph nodes even after hysterectomy

tymyung
  • By tymyung · September 1, 2008
  • In Help desk · 0 replies
  • my wife had undergone 7 courses of carboplatin and taxol for her ovarian cancer. we did pet scan and saw some enlarged left para aortic lymph nodes .we believe that it was already there even before her ...

Doxcil side effects

Gia
  • By Gia · August 31, 2008
  • In Side effects of treatment · 7 replies
  • Doxcil is an old drug (adriamycin) coated in a stealth liposome which stays around longer in the body thus getting to the cancer cells. The hand/foot skin problem and hot temperature restriction is well ...

Anemia & Options

Lemona
  • By Lemona · August 31, 2008
  • In Treatment · 6 replies
  • After surgery a few weeks ago I had to have an injection of Procrit for anemia. I told the doctor I did not want it due to the recent information about it making tumors grow. He convinced me that the ...

Lymphedema

Lemona
  • By Lemona · August 31, 2008
  • In Side effects of treatment · 2 replies
  • Has anyone had lymphedema? I just had my surgery Aug. 18 (following 8 rounds of chemo). Just today I had a kind of sharp pain upon touch under my arm into the breast tissue. Once I rubbed it it went away ...

OVC Community Supports Alzheimer' Disease

pmiller
  • By pmiller · August 31, 2008
  • In Awareness and fundraising events · 0 replies
  • Hello Everyone, I have been a part of this community for awhile now and I know how caring and supportive you all can be. I am a huge supporter of the Alzheimers' Association, one of the first people in ...

SYmposium for Ovarian Cancer Patients on September 6

Shearaw
  • By Shearaw · August 31, 2008
  • In Research · 3 replies
  • Hello all, On Saturday, Sept. 6 the Massachusetts organization "Ovations for the Cure of Ovarian Cancer" is sponsoring their second annual "Learning for Living" symposium in Boston. I attended last year ...

Camp Mak-a-dream in Montana

hinsopa
  • By hinsopa · August 31, 2008
  • In Good news · 12 replies
  • Anyone going to this retreat for ovca survivors only? I'll be leaving NC next week to attend with 64 other survivors ...

Best Ovarian Cancer Treatment Center

sarahelizmorton
  • By sarahelizmorton · August 30, 2008
  • In Treatment · 21 replies
  • Hey guys, Just to give some of you and update. I just finished with Chemo. I had a Cat Scan yesterday and it showed that my small tumor in my abdomen has grown since the start of chemo. It also showed ...

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