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Help Us Pick a T-Shirt Design for Our 16th Annual Conference
- By Amanda_OCNA · Posted 10:22 am
- In OCNA Annual Conference · 3 replies
- Our 16th Annual Conference, Voices of Hope and Strength: Teal is Personal, is less than four weeks away! We want your help to pick a design for the conference t-shirt that will be on sale during the meeting ...
Hair Growth
- By TigerTam · Posted yesterday at 9:53 pm
- In Side effects of treatment · 11 replies
- what over the counter item has anyone found that is the BEST to help hair grow back? I ended my chemo last March and it's coming back, but SOOOO slowly....! Help! anyone know of some good product that ...
numbness
- By fairydust · Posted yesterday at 9:49 pm
- In Late stage · 8 replies
- its a year since ive had surgery and chemo but still have the numbness in feet does this go or stay forever ...
Sister may have Ovarian Cancer-21 yrs
- By thericks · Posted yesterday at 12:01 pm
- In Newly diagnosed · 24 replies
- My sister is 21 yrs old. She has a 22 cm tumor. She goes in for surgery tomorrow. It all started with thinking she had a hernia. They now think it is a cancer tumor. They will know for 100% when then ...
When do you celebrate your anniverary?
- By HGrecruit · Posted yesterday at 11:18 am
- In Survivor stories · 8 replies
- I was diagnosed on July 18, 2012 and am currently in remission after 9 weeks of chemo, then surgery, and then 9 more weeks of chemo. My oncologist did not declare me "in remission" until May 2, after ...
monoatomic gold
- By michele75043 · Posted June 16, 2013
- In Nutrition · 2 replies
- I saw a product and tried to investigate - colloidal gold like silver has been used for health benefits for a long time. I posted a pubmed study on silver. Anyway there is now monoatomic gold. I found ...
"Eating on the Wild Side"
- By Mo55 · Posted June 16, 2013
- In Recurrence · 4 replies
- I recently ordered the book, "Eating on the Wild Side" recently released, which another member of the "teal community" recommended. I just wanted to add that having purchased it, I find it very informative ...
Discomfort in my tummy
- By Fightingthisalone · Posted June 16, 2013
- In What, me worry? · 5 replies
- I am currently on avastin since October 2012, I have ite once every 3 weeks - but during the past couple of weeks, I started to have only sometimes a bit of discomfort in my tummy.... It's hard to discribe ...
ca125 is only 5 after surgery.....do i need chemo?
- By cielo · Posted June 15, 2013
- In Ovarian clear cell carcinoma · 23 replies
- Stage 2c clear cell ovarian cancer after surgery 2months had no chemo only pure diet fruits and vegetables plus Jayson nter's tea. I do not want chemo and I lost 20lbs. Do I still need chemo or am I clear ...
Tired Out
- By judy75002 · Posted June 15, 2013
- In Side effects of treatment · 11 replies
- I know and am very grateful I am in remission from my ovarian cancer. Had 6 treatments at 6 week intervals. Toxotere and carboplatin. It has been 9 months now since my surgery to remove the cancer from ...
Ozonated water : Tried it?
New Blog post re Promising New Drug Therapies.
- By Scoobydoobeach · Posted June 13, 2013
- In Research · 3 replies
- Who goes to Kauai and writes a blog post? I do! (while waiting for my husband to arrive separately) Please check it out http://helpkeepasisteralive.blogspot.com /2013/06/promising-new-drugs-for-ovarian ...
Our response to today's Supreme Court ruling on genetic patents
- By Amanda_OCNA · Posted June 13, 2013
- In OCNA news and information · 9 replies
- The Supreme Court ruled today on a case involving patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations. The justices ruled that a company cannot patent naturally occurring genes. We wanted to be sure you ...
caring bridge
- By 3Bean · Posted June 13, 2013
- In Newly diagnosed · 1 reply
- I wondered if people here know about caring bridge. Its a place were you can have a diary, so people who care about you can get updates on how you're doing so they aren't bothering people asking the same ...
JUDGE RULES HUMAN GENES CANNOT BE PATENTED
Free Disney Tickets?
- By maryand · Posted June 13, 2013
- In Just for fun · 2 replies
- When I was first diagnosed I thought I saw something on this board or a another about free disney tickets for cancer patients and their families. There was no way that I could have gone back then because ...
Supreme Court decision: No patent for Myriad
Ovarian Cancer CA125 Tests
- By cws69 · Posted June 13, 2013
- In Recurrence · 6 replies
- I was diagnosed with Stage III Ovarian Cancer in March, 2012, though I think I had it long before then - it just wasn't found. I was tested for everything except cancer. I had debulking surgery in April ...
Being in Limbo
- By BetsyLou · Posted June 12, 2013
- In Late stage · 20 replies
- Just wrote an entire "sob" story about my history/treatment of Stage IV metastasized ovarian cancer. Then decided no one deserved to suffer through all that so I deleted it. I'm 68 and was diagnosed 1-1/2 ...
TAH-BSO and Debulking--What to Expect?
- By peddacious · Posted June 12, 2013
- In Caregivers and family members · 10 replies
- My mom was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer several months ago. She lives in Canada, while I live in the US. She has had 2 chemo treatments and is receiving a 3rd one today. We found out yesterday that she ...
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