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"Life Changes and We Change To Adjust To It"
- By Ciboney1 · New reply 8:20 pm
- 25 replies
- I have been missing from here for a while with not much to say; because of some issues here on the forum and because I have had some news I didn't want to hear ( as I know many of you have had the same ...
Doxil Treatment
- By LynleeA · New reply 7:21 pm
- 5 replies
- Doxil Question ... Has anyone taken Doxil and did you take the preventative steps they are asking me to do... No hot food or drink starting the day before chemo and for six days after Soaking my hands ...
Should I or should I participate in PARP study?
- By ctaffel · New reply 7:09 pm
- 6 replies
- Hi all. I am new today on this website and hope to find other people like me. I am having a recurrence after 5 years and 2 weeks of OvCa. Originally it was Stage IC back in 2004. It is now all over my ...
not always bright
- By tonye · Posted 1:19 pm
- 0 replies
- yesterday was a trial of anxity and learning how to rise above it, remain my own advocate and not let hospital policy bring me down....and you know with the help of some caring nurses, friends and family ...
My color is Teal
- By LynleeA · New reply 1:01 pm
- 11 replies
- I am so afraid! I have the ascites that I had when I was first diagnosed in May 2007. I went through the total hyster, then chemo of carbo/taxol. After completing chemo in April 2008 I went into "remission ...
OCNA Encouraged by Release of OvaSure test for Ovarian Cancer
- By CaraPolicy · New reply 12:58 pm
- 11 replies
- June 24, 2008 Today, The Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) announced that OvaSure, a test to detect ovarian cancer, would be available through its laboratories immediately. The Ovarian Cancer ...
Doxil
- By Mullens · New reply 11:09 am
- 13 replies
- I first learned about the side effects of Doxil from this website. I have completed 5 cycles and I am glad to say that my side effects have been minimal and my CA-125 has gone from 164 to 18! The only ...
Port Removal
- By Legendswolf · New reply 9:21 am
- 15 replies
- Man ths sucks that I have to be in Seattle on my Birthday which is on December 1 and then surgery on the 2nd for my port removal that goes to my stomach...i am looking forward on the removal so I can ...
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Movement Weekend
- By rem · New reply 8:48 am
- 6 replies
- Greetings Warrior Women, I want to make sure everyone is aware of this upcoming event: http://www.wcn.org/media/announcements/2 0090325.html Maybe even President Obama will be participating given his ...
This has been a great week.
- By tyke2you · New reply yesterday at 12:36 pm
- 1 reply
- This has been a great week. Not too sick and Larry has been here with me. Tomorrow morning is my last treatment until Monday afternoon. Then I will have only 10 treatments to go. I should be done with ...
RENAL ANGIOLIPOMA ANYONE???....
- By sonia40 · New reply November 5, 2009
- 10 replies
- Hello everyone..... as you all know me for those people who are following my posts....i have been told that i have a 5cm Renal angiolipoma on my right kidney....(have not had a biopsy as yet)...i also ...
CT Scan & Xray
- By Kellyr1 · New reply November 5, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi everyone, just wanted to drop a note and let you know that I have been busy this past summer and now coming up on my yearly CT Scan & Chest Xray since completing treatment last July. Been having check ...
35 Yrs post ovarian cancer!
- By SparklePrincess · New reply November 5, 2009
- 24 replies
- I'm 35 yrs + post ovarian cancer patient. Had chemo for 1yr prior to my radical hysterectomy and Linear Acceleration radiation treatment for 9 weeks after sx. Did pretty fine for years, but after having ...
A Great Day.
- By Favored · New reply November 5, 2009
- 14 replies
- Hello all, This is a beautiful day! Last month I had to have my regular three month check up with my oncologist, blood work done and last week I had a yearly CAT Scan. Everything came out normal. I am ...
14 YRS SINCE MY BROTHER PASSED AWAY...
- By sonia40 · New reply November 4, 2009
- 13 replies
- Hello all the wonderful ladies and gents on this wonderful site.... Today is a sad day for me....today is my brothers anniversary....he passed away exactly 14yrs ago of pacreatic cancer..he was only 28yrs ...
Inspire members featured
- By Brian · New reply November 4, 2009
- 29 replies
- Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...
hello everone
- By kmoogie · New reply November 4, 2009
- 3 replies
- Just an update on my mom, doing a little better she is in for her 3rd round of chemo on 11/3/09.. the 2nd round was quite tough with alot of vomiting. She is on antinausea meds, but those first days or ...
A Hair Raising Event
- By Amy2012 · New reply November 3, 2009
- 10 replies
- This was quite the event. I had been thinking for weeks, well, more or less worrying about how my daughter would handle my hair loss. She's almost 5 and my hair had been coming out by the handful, and ...
2 months Drinking "Jason Winter's Tea"
- By MsDi · New reply November 3, 2009
- 10 replies
- At 59 years of age, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer and ovarian cancer - this diagnosis came after I was involved in an automobile accident that left several bruises on my ...
If I have Chemotherapy I can expect to live 2 years.
- By MsDi · New reply November 3, 2009
- 17 replies
- At 59 years of age, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer and ovarian cancer - this diagnosis came after I was involved in an automobile accident that left several bruises above ...
