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Carcinista
  • By Carcinista · New reply 11:58 am
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • Last night my husband and I were watching that new Tony Robbins series on NBC. The episode featured Tony helping a couple break out of their ruts: at their wedding reception in Mexico, the exuberant groom ...

More surgery

MaryW
  • By MaryW · Posted 11:56 am
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Keep me in your prayers. I have major hernia surgery again on August 4. This will be the 8th surgery in 6 years. I think I am going for a record! The surgeon asked me if I was aiming for 1 or more per ...

I would like your thoughts...

TraciW
  • By TraciW · New reply 11:53 am
  • Discussion in Recurrence · 15 replies
  • I'm trying to make decisions and I get a different opinion with everyone I talk to. My daughter found this sight and I really look forward to hearing from some people who have walked this out. I went ...

Worth living

Hedgerow
  • By Hedgerow · New reply 11:49 am
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Today, after almost 2 years of struggling with cancer treatment, which at the moment the drug of choice is gemzar every other week and slowly declining, My dog and I earned our MACH title. We compete ...

DAY AFTER 1ST CHEMO

kimmer44
  • By kimmer44 · New reply 11:44 am
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Omg - had power port putin yesterday (general anesth) - andmy first cycle of chemo ( ud never know i waws a medical transcriptionist / coded would u ? i have the worse headache of my life this morning ...

Can anyone relate to my story?

TraciW
  • By TraciW · New reply 11:41 am
  • Journal · 7 replies
  • I'm trying to make decisions and I get a different opinion with everyone I talk to. My daughter found this sight and I really look forward to hearing from some people who have walked this out. I went ...

Faith is the radar that sees through the fog of fear.

San_Antonio_Lassie
  • By San_Antonio_Lassie · New reply 11:37 am
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Storms are inevitable, our anchor is unmovable. God knows where I am in the storm. He is with me in the storm. He has the power to bring me through the storm. /Charles Stanley Cancer is an evil foe and ...

Change in treatment plan, IP port failed

SonyaJoA
  • By SonyaJoA · New reply 11:23 am
  • Journal · 7 replies
  • Well.. as many of you know, I've just been having one hell of a bad time with my IP treatments. The IP taxol was much more tolerable than the cisplatin but overall my IP experience was just bad. Some ...

UCSD Moores Cancer Center

barbara04
  • By barbara04 · New reply 11:19 am
  • Discussion in Treatment · 6 replies
  • My Mom is newly diagnosed with advanced Ovarian cancer. It's looking like she is at stage 4. Just wondering if anyone has gone to UCSD Moores Cancer Center in San Diego, CA and what their experience was ...

Three Wishes Granted Today

JudyKeyes
  • By JudyKeyes · New reply 11:16 am
  • Journal · 29 replies
  • My first wish was that my 2 daughters would finally show support after 1 1/2 years of treatment. They both came to my Onc.appt today. My second wish was to prove to my onc. that after 3 months of pain ...

Advice re: Mom

barbara04
  • By barbara04 · New reply 10:48 am
  • Discussion in Treatment · 11 replies
  • I was hoping that all of you wonderful, courageous women could share some of your wisdom with me so that I can help my Mom overcome this. We found out about 2 weeks ago that my Mom may possibly have ovarian ...

Avastin and CA125 fluctuations

desertlover
  • By desertlover · New reply 10:31 am
  • Discussion in Treatment · 4 replies
  • I would like to hear from those of you who have been on Avastin for many months about your history of CA125 readings. I started Avastin in September 2008 and my CA125 continued to increase for the first ...

Boniva side effect

alliet
  • By alliet · New reply 10:28 am
  • Discussion in Side effects of treatment · 1 reply
  • Has anyone experienced esophagitis side effects from taking Boniva while on chemo? I was diagnosed with stage four oc last year did eight round of carbo and taxol followed by taxol maintenace. I only ...

Ovarian Cancer Relay for Life

helpingmymom
  • By helpingmymom · New reply 10:24 am
  • Discussion in Awareness and fundraising events · 1 reply
  • There was a thread about Relay for life events where Ovarian Cancer is hi-lighted, but the thread was closed, so I thought I would start another... ACS doesn't even have a RFL chapter in my state- that ...

Anyone else have this problem?

Bridgette123
  • By Bridgette123 · New reply 10:22 am
  • Discussion in What, me worry? · 15 replies
  • I hate to go anywhere because I run into the too sympathetic type. I know I've been through a lot but I will have people talk to me while holding back tears or out and out crying. I would think it's my ...

BAD NEWS CT SCAN PERITONEAL CARSINOMATOSIS

SallyOno
  • By SallyOno · New reply 10:09 am
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • I now have Peritoneal Carcinomatosis with small right pleural effusion I don't know if is treatable I am in shock SallyOno ...

Recurrence with low CA125 ?

Kaymer
  • By Kaymer · New reply 10:04 am
  • Discussion in Recurrence · 14 replies
  • Can you have a recurrence of ovca even when your CA 125 is normal? (10) Does anyone know ...

New Study Findings...Wow!

abbaschild
  • By abbaschild · New reply 10:03 am
  • Discussion in Research · 9 replies
  • My chiropractor, Dr. Craig Hazlewood, posted this information on his facebook page today. All I can say is Wow!! Here is an exerpt... "A new study, published in the July 9 issues of the journal Cell found ...

Study

rozetta
  • By rozetta · New reply 9:59 am
  • Discussion in Research · 1 reply
  • http://news.health.com/2008/12/17/ovaria n-cancer-survival-may-hinge-on-two-key-p roteins ...

Cant handle Avastin anymore

kalo555
  • By kalo555 · New reply 9:02 am
  • Discussion in Side effects of treatment · 13 replies
  • I've completed 4 rounds of Avastin and will talk to my onc about changing my program. I cannot deal with the dibilitating headaches any longer. For the first 2 weeks after treatment I am averaging at ...

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