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What, me worry?
How are you coping with the different emotional issues relating to your treatment and diagnosis?
Dog at My Feet, Kitten on My Shoulder, Surgery on Tuesday
- By kibbitzqueen · New reply October 21, 2009
- 13 replies
- Dog at My Feet, Kitten on my Shoulder, Surgery on Tuesday I wonder if my critters know something I don't know. Hmm... Maggie Mae (my little girl for years now my 'Old Lady') has been sticking pretty close ...
Anxious after mammogram
- By christinem1968 · New reply October 20, 2009
- 6 replies
- Its been a while since I've felt this anxious. I had my 1st mammogram last Tuesday. Wasn't at all what I thought it would. It was a little uncomfortable. However- the technician told me that the radiologist ...
Discount Prescription Card
- By kibbitzqueen · Posted October 18, 2009
- 0 replies
- If you don't have any prescription insurance, you can use this card for discounts. The website is a LITTLE cumbersome with clicking 'NO' to all the offers but it's only about 3 pages.. perhaps 30 'No's ...
FREE Headwrap! That's RIGHT!
- By kibbitzqueen · New reply October 18, 2009
- 6 replies
- My girlfriend told me about this website where HER friend (who had cancer) Got a free head wrap or scarf. I inquired as to if this was the case and received the following email! Laurie said 'Promote it ...
Symptoms?
- By KathleenO · New reply October 17, 2009
- 13 replies
- I wondered if some of you would be so kind to share how you were diagnosed? I read that most often women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer only by laparoscopy. Does this mean it often won't show anything ...
Suspicious Cyst
- By fox · New reply October 17, 2009
- 21 replies
- Hi, I'm new to the group and just heard thursday that I have a 3.2mm cyst on my left ovary. I was so stunned (and not at all knowledgable) so I don't even know yet if its simple or complex or what. But ...
Another Surgery
- By kibbitzqueen · New reply October 15, 2009
- 29 replies
- ON October 20th I will be having yet another surgery to remove cancer from my abdomen. The Doctor will remove the cancer and basically rinse me out like a Thanksgiving turkey, then check everything to ...
Weird crazy dreams on treatment
- By Cheryl4Teal · New reply October 10, 2009
- 14 replies
- Do any of you have weird crazy dreams while your being treated. Im being treated on Taxol and every night it seems its weirder and weirder, Im either boating in a wild ocean with lots of colors, going ...
Unusual Follow-up?
- By Sue_Shustar · New reply October 9, 2009
- 11 replies
- I had surgery in July 09 and was diagnosed with Stage 1C Clear Cell Carcinoma. Just prior to surgery, my CA-125 was 42. I received my first chemo Carbo/Taxol while I was still in the hospital and have ...
Vaccine Study and Increase in ca125
- By koh847 · New reply October 8, 2009
- 9 replies
- Hi everyone. Recap for me...diagnosed last Nov., 2c, finished chemo April of this year. Ca 125 was 113 before surgery and dropped to 6.4 after 1st chemo. Since then it has been between 4 and 7. Then 4 ...
How do you know?
- By lifeisgrand · New reply October 8, 2009
- 21 replies
- I have stage 3b high-grade serous papillary adenocarcinoma diagnosed in Feb 09. I have a great gyn/onc who felt that all visible disease was gone following the surgery. We had planned IV/IP 6 cycles but ...
Oopherectomy, should I wait
- By SnoozBar · New reply October 7, 2009
- 12 replies
- I am new to this site, but looking for opinions of course :):):) Anyway, I am 36, was dx at 34 with triple-negative cancer, in both breasts, I ended up having a dble mast a year ago, and then I tested ...
Chemo Humor - Bring It On!
- By kennebec · New reply October 5, 2009
- 19 replies
- When I lost my hair I seriously thought of wearing a t-shirt with the following words blazed across it ... "Bad Case of Head Lice". However, the child of a very dear person in my life came home from school ...
CHemotherapy humor
- By Patricia123 · New reply October 4, 2009
- 15 replies
- Today at chemo, there were four great ladies all of whom were on some kind of narcotic. One was on Dilaudid, one on percocet, one on percocet and xanax. And one of the women said "I worry about all these ...
Anyone Else Suspect Norplant Implant for their cancer?
- By kibbitzqueen · New reply October 4, 2009
- 1 reply
- I firmly believe that the Norplant Implant subdremal birth control had something to do with my cancer. Just nine months after having them inserted the doctors found my cancer. I honestly think one had ...
10 months of survival....1st day here.
- By tjenterprize · New reply October 3, 2009
- 28 replies
- Okay here I am looking for answers. To what I am not sure. The cure? Diagnosed June 5th 2008 stage 3 ovarian cancer. total hysterectomy 44 years young. 6 rounds of taxol/cisplatin. what a nightmare. funny ...
Pease help!!...anyone had this??
- By koh847 · New reply October 1, 2009
- 19 replies
- Crazy here....some of you may have read my post a couple days ago about my ca125 rising while on this vaccine study. Now, yesterday, I felt a lump below my left rib and I am so worried. No pain, just ...
Something Fun!
- By kibbitzqueen · Posted October 1, 2009
- 0 replies
- This is a group where you can sign up to receive greeting cards from people. Birthday, Anniversary, Cheer up, Notes, Get Well Soon! Can you imagine receiving cards from all over the US when you need them ...
Life may not be the party we hoped for...
- By kibbitzqueen · New reply September 29, 2009
- 12 replies
- God's Cake This is about the best thing I've ever read as an explanation. We all wonder many many many times over WHY? Sometimes we wonder, "What did I do to deserve this?" or "Why did God have to do ...
MORE AGGRAVATING P.R.
- By cubsmom · New reply September 27, 2009
- 2 replies
- OK, I know it's STILL September (24th). I know it's almost October. I know about the ACS home page pictures and the year-round items sold by Oriental Trading. However, I was feeling a little down today ...
