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Recurrence
Discuss issues related to recurrence.
multiple micro tumors on bladder
- By Pockets · New reply 11:58 am
- 6 replies
- Has anyone heard of having small tumors through out their abdomen. In May I has surgery, BSO, debulking, etc. Had 6 rounds of chemo followed up by a CT a CT Scan. CT scan was clear, except for a few cysts ...
When you get the news you don't want to hear...
- By shoppingkharma · New reply yesterday at 2:24 pm
- 39 replies
- This is actually excerpt from my blog which I wrote the day before yesterday but it is what I just went through and I hope and pray many more of you will never get the news that I got just the day before ...
Jealous and angry
- By bohan54 · New reply yesterday at 2:05 pm
- 46 replies
- Not attractive to admit to these emotions and right up front I apologize. I am new to this community, introduced by a friend from MedHelp. Hope she doesn't disown me for this post! Seems everybody here ...
SEX
- By loveoneanother · New reply yesterday at 12:56 pm
- 39 replies
- Hey ladies i just wantto bring this subject to the table for a little feed back. have any of you given up on sex . I've been married for 25 years and to a loving careing man. He still finds for desireable ...
Has anyone else experienced cramps after hysterectomy
- By CountryGirl46 · New reply yesterday at 10:03 am
- 24 replies
- I had my hysterectomy three years ago and I still feel like I am having period cramps. They use to come on just once or so a month but now it is daily. I talked to my OBGYN and asked him about this and ...
Gemzar / Cisplatin / Avastin
- By GEPI · New reply November 6, 2009
- 28 replies
- Hello, A short recap. I am Stage IIIC clear cell (diagnosed nov. 08) and after 8 treatments of Carbo / Taxol with the last 3-4 with a CA of about 20, stopped chemo in mid May 09, I recurred immediately ...
Tamoxifen
- By jolock2004 · New reply November 5, 2009
- 20 replies
- I was diagonsed with my 3rd recurrence in Sept of this year. I was put on Navelbine for 9 cycles and then start Tamoxifen to try and keep me in remission longer(I was only off chemo 9 weeks when I filled ...
CT scan results and weekly taxol
- By mnjk04 · Posted November 5, 2009
- 0 replies
- Well I saw the Dr. today. CA was 40 and CT scan showed the same 3 lesions. One was slightly smaller and the other 2 were slightly bigger, not by much. So he is figuring that the Avastin and Cytoxan have ...
Doxal
- By Marguerita · New reply November 4, 2009
- 1 reply
- Hello. I am on my 3rd group of chemo drugs which now I am on Doxal. I have a spot on my liver and a couple of lesions in my abdomen (I'm sure there's more that ct scan can't pick up) Has anyone had a ...
Elevated CA125 with Doxil
- By racewife · New reply November 4, 2009
- 22 replies
- I have recurrent stage IV and have had 2 Doxil treatments. The first one dropped my CA125 to 28 but after the second treatment it went to 38.2. I get number 3 tomorrow. Is this normal? I know it is not ...
confused
- By joah2 · Posted November 4, 2009
- 0 replies
- A month ago I went to my gyn. because of some complains I recoggnized from the first diagnose. There was indeed a new OVCA. I had surgery and the urologist involved because of a increased urether asked ...
"hypermetabolism with an SUV of 32.4"
- By ccdatty2 · New reply November 3, 2009
- 9 replies
- Just had a PET Scan this am in followup to my CA125 tripling this past 3-4 months. Does anyone know what the above means. It is evidently a nodule between my vagina, bladder and sigmoid colon in my lower ...
Elevated CA 125; Clean Scan
- By southstar · New reply November 3, 2009
- 10 replies
- I am new to this site. I am Stage IV, Dx in June of 2008, 8 cycles of Carbo/Taxotere; optimal debulking. Followed at Sloan in NYC. My CA 125 has been running 9, with scans and marker check every 3 months ...
CT Reads
- By melf · New reply November 2, 2009
- 20 replies
- I went in for a CT not too long ago because Im just not feeling "right". Anyway, the first thing that bugged me, well ticked me off, is that within the read I was called "persistently obese" and the doc ...
My dr said It will eventually get you.
- By Nancy2627 · New reply November 2, 2009
- 45 replies
- My dr said a scarey thing to me. He said that it was going to eventually get me but he would rather later than sooner. And that was his job. He never talked so hopelessly before. Now I know that in the ...
tomoxifen
- By melaniesgrandma · New reply November 2, 2009
- 2 replies
- I have recurrant ovarian cancer. MyCA125 numbers are rising. Has anyone taken Tomoxifen to help slow down the numbers and if so what were your side effects? I have been on this journey since 11/07, Surgerys ...
doctor visit, CTscan, new chemo
- By Jennali · New reply October 31, 2009
- 18 replies
- Help, I'm on a merry-go-round and can't get off! Had my 10th... and final, as it turned out...treatment of Taxol today. Then saw my gyn/onc. (would have made more sense to see him first and skip the chemo ...
A thank you from Maria
- By mnjk04 · New reply October 29, 2009
- 1 reply
- I just want to thank all you lovely ladies for your helpful and encourqaging responses. Yes, I've been on Zoloft for abour 3 years now. I can't imagine what a basket case I would be if I wasn't taking ...
In remission only 4 mos
- By karen7149 · New reply October 28, 2009
- 8 replies
- Ok, I was so excited as was my oncologist that I had such a good result from the 1st chemo(taxol and carboplatin). She was going to do intraperitoneal and for 8 sessions but didn't do those because I ...
Length of remission
- By llj · New reply October 28, 2009
- 36 replies
- Question: When one has a recurrence, does the second and third and so forth recurrence happen at shorter intervals, or are there cases where your first recurrence happens after, say, 8 months, but your ...
