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Issue with health insurance any suggestions will help ???
- By hope4seka · New reply 9:30 pm
- Journal · 14 replies
- I have on question dose anyone know how to get health insurance to cover second opinion and new possible treatments to save someone’s life who is young and in need… but cannot afford … to travel and pay ...
What is with my appetite?
The kindness of strangers
- By Patricia123 · New reply 9:17 pm
- Discussion in Good news · 22 replies
- I have been overwhelmed by the "kindness of strangers" and wonder if this has happened to others ...
Parking Rant!
- By kibbitzqueen · New reply 9:05 pm
- Discussion in What, me worry? · 21 replies
- Yet again I was 'confronted' if you will, with a rude comment from some man I didn't know in a Parking lot. It seems he took it upon himself to be judge and jury in a situation he knew nothing about by ...
Estrogen Sensitivity and Stuff to Avoid?
- By Brown_Eyes · New reply 8:40 pm
- Discussion in Side effects of treatment · 18 replies
- Hey Ladies, I'm going to see my Dr on Monday for a CT scan, Avastin/placebo etc... And I have a list of questions for him. One question is are there things like black cohosh or soy that may aggravate ...
drinking Hydrogen perioxide, Anyone tried this?
This is an update on my cancer.
- By MoYeah · New reply 8:07 pm
- Journal · 24 replies
- This is an update on my cancer. The news is not good, so feel free to by pass. I received the results on my latest MRI and CT few weeks ago. Not good! I now have new and larger tumors in both my brain ...
Stable Disease/Remission
- By PLE · New reply 7:50 pm
- Discussion in Recurrence · 19 replies
- I just had my 4th chemo/Avastin today for my first recurrence. Initial surgery was July 2007 and remission for 16 months. My CA was 1330 in March and is now down to 52. My CT scan yesterday showed no ...
Twelve years and going strong
- By LilySue · New reply 7:37 pm
- Discussion in Survivor stories · 6 replies
- July 1997, I was diagnosed with stage IIIC. Had a long remission and then recurrence four years ago with huge metastatic ovarian tumor in my chest. Had surgery, no chemo and am still NED. Life is great ...
Roll call for the Conference
- By hinsopa · New reply 7:35 pm
- Discussion in OCNA Annual Conference · 3 replies
- Let's get a list of who's coming! Maybe just first names so we'll recognize our nametags? I'll start. I'm looking forward to meeting you all. Patsy in NC ...
It's back continued
- By zircons · New reply 7:26 pm
- Discussion in Recurrence · 1 reply
- Well, I got confirmation yesterday that I do have recurrence. There are two 1 cm nodules on my left pelvic area. My doctor has suggested that I be in a Phase 1B clinical study. It would consist of carboplatin ...
Any Suggestions
- By vicki40 · New reply 6:36 pm
- Journal · 4 replies
- I've posted before letting everyone know about my cancer, Ovarian, 7 years, over 80 chemos, running out of options, NOW i have bowel cancer. Doc picked up a mass 4.5cm inside the bowel area. Thinks it ...
Steroids
- By dardar38 · New reply 6:04 pm
- Journal · 8 replies
- I am sick of the side effects of the dexamethasone that they give me orally before my gemzar treatment. I have gained 10 pounds since I started Gemzar on 5/9 - lots of water retension. (I had been on ...
What should you eat or take to build good cells?
- By kimsmom · New reply 5:29 pm
- Discussion in Late stage · 3 replies
- My daughter has had but one chemo..carbo/taxol combo, and it was done IV. She is still leaking ascites fluid and they cannot do the IP catheter until that stops. She is worried about neuropathy and anemia ...
The Little Things...
- By goldi111 · Posted 5:06 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- Today I went in to my doc for a mammogram and pre-op kidney and liver blood work. I was feeling very teary today, don't know why..like anything could make me burst into tears. (I was feeling a little ...
Update on surgery date
- By goldi111 · New reply 4:55 pm
- Journal · 16 replies
- Saw the gyn/onc surgeon today in the cities and he has scheduled me for a hysterectomy/exploratory surgery on Monday, July 6th. Hubby & I will travel down Sunday the 5th and check into the guest apartments ...
Taking Control of your Finances while Fighting Cancer!
- By kibbitzqueen · New reply 4:50 pm
- Discussion in What, me worry? · 6 replies
- Here are a few of my personal tricks for taking control of your financial situation. Below is how I finally took control. If you follow the steps you can too. These are only a suggestion and I make no ...
It's All About the Poop
- By CarolAnn1 · New reply 4:42 pm
- Journal · 13 replies
- I never imagined it would come to this, but my mother and I are sharing the cancer experience together. We've sat side by side in our recliners getting our chemo, carpooled to the clinic, and compared ...
Hope4seka: The switching of Hats while Fighting Cancer
- By kibbitzqueen · Posted 4:25 pm
- Discussion in Caregivers and family members · 0 replies
- My mother felt the very same way. The ironic thing is, she had cancer and passed away while I was in what I call 'remission-ish'. She found out about her cancer in February (on my birthday mind you) and ...
Patient Advocates
- By JanJ · New reply 4:23 pm
- Discussion in Financial and insurance issues · 6 replies
- A former colleague of mine at a newspaper in Atlanta just sent to me an article she wrote about patient advocates, a group that helps patients fight the financial battle that comes with illness, whether ...
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