How are you coping with the different emotional issues relating to your treatment and diagnosis?
- By songbird78 · August 13, 2008
- 6 replies
- I have really been in a fog the last few days. I really feel the need to talk and even though I got people around me who will listen to me, I just wanted to talk to people whove been there like me. I ...
- By mjkunckel · August 11, 2008
- 5 replies
- First disucssion for me.. I am new at this. I am 35 and had a grapefruit size tumor removed in May. I recieved a call Memorial weekend that it was a Juvenile Granulous Cell Tumor (JGC) and I need to have ...
- By gg1 · August 7, 2008
- 8 replies
- OK...... I am really trying to remain positive and not let the little stuff bother me, learning to dance in the rain and all.......but I just returned home from a rainy cold cruise where I got really ...
- By Amore89 · August 4, 2008
- 12 replies
- Hello everyone, fellow survivors and current champions of this horrible ailment...I am 5years out of my OvCA and have recently started to experience symptoms such as pelvic pain, spotting, nauseau and ...
- By PamRn · July 22, 2008
- 3 replies
- Friday is checkup time again. I thought I was doing well, then I started getting nervous. It's been about 4 months since my last visit , 5 mo since I finished chemo, so I guess they will do a ca-125 this ...
- By ThePhoenix · July 22, 2008
- 23 replies
- I had my check-up today...everythig "felt"normal.However,the doc noticed I was "bloaty". I mentioned that in the 2 months since I was there(according to their scale) I gained 6 pounds!! Now from the last ...
- By songbird78 · July 13, 2008
- 4 replies
- Well I got the results back spoke to the Nurse Practioner who I like a great deal , and shes tells me this my CA 125 WENT DOWN from 26 to 20...so they want to test me in 4 weeks to see if it goes up or ...
- By Kellyr1 · June 27, 2008
- 5 replies
- Was not sure what topic to post this under so I hope this will help some one out! Dear Lord: I thank you for this day. I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because ...
- By ellenmelon · June 20, 2008
- 6 replies
- Please, I am new here, please let me know why bloating is one of the symptoms? I have all four of the symptoms and they are being attributed to fibroids, but I want to be sure this is why. On a pelvic ...
- By ThePhoenix · June 14, 2008
- 0 replies
- Why must you post things that are so hurtfull to others?? I know these are public boards and everyone is entitled to their opinions. Most people know when to say when and to keep their comments to themselves(in ...
- By MiriamHoelter · June 13, 2008
- 12 replies
- I am presenting at a women's leadership workshop in a few weeks on the topic of leadership with health issues. I was diagnosed 7 years ago and was in a 5 year remission after surgery and the 6 treatments ...
- By forann · June 12, 2008
- 5 replies
- My mother had ovarian cancer. Only she didn't know she had it. It was discovered during an autopsy after she tragically lost her life. She was always so worried and scared about developing ovarian cancer ...
- By Maysea · June 9, 2008
- 18 replies
- Does anyone there experience the bottom rib pain and bottom bone pain? I would like to know how you would handle this and what kind result it could be. Your input is greatly appreciated. Maysea ...
- By verlinda · June 8, 2008
- 9 replies
- I had my six-month-s past-chemo visit yesterday and everything looked fine. I do have one concern. For the past 3 months, I've had a painful spot behind my right ribs. It feels like there's something ...
- By Sedona · May 2, 2008
- 19 replies
- I had an MRI in Oct 07 for a back injury. In Feb 08 my PCP was reading the ortho report of the MRI and asked, "What did he say to you about this mass?" That was the first I knew of the tumor. Many tests ...
- By ThePhoenix · April 21, 2008
- 6 replies
- My CA-125 went from 9 to 16 to 8 and now it's back up to 14. I have a CT-scan set for tomorrow(I was due for one anyway). The nurse said to not worry until the results of the cat scan. I'm already freaking ...
- By Maysea · April 18, 2008
- 2 replies
- Hi All, I am a stage ||| OC patient. I have both stents for about a year, and always have infections in urinary system, half the time I take antibiotics, it seems to me the infection never goes away ...
- By Dodie1 · March 29, 2008
- 16 replies
- My oncologist says that he doesn't treat the CA125, he treats the scan. If there's something on the scan, then it's chemo again. I was diagnosed as stage IIIC Ovarian cancer in Feb.'07, then declared ...
- By pat1965 · February 28, 2008
- 9 replies
- I am 42yr old and I live in the Washington area. Two month ago and out of the blue, I felt a mass in the middle of my public area. The mass was like a knob and it was hard without any pain. So, I when ...
- By Lindoyce · January 27, 2008
- 3 replies
- Barb, thanks for your thoughts on the matter. And yes, it's horrible to have this happen over a weekend. I am going to call my oncologist first thing Monday morning and see/demand that he see me sometime ...
