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Looking for someone with a diagnosis of carcinosarcoma
- By annmilbank · New reply October 26, 2009
- 8 replies
- Is there anyone out there who has received this diagnosis other than me? I have been searching everywhere to no avail. Was diagnosed in May '07, optimally debulked at Sloan Kettering in June, and have ...
Puzzzy Cancer
- By CATSMEOW · New reply October 25, 2009
- 5 replies
- I have responded to many post on the Ovarian Cancer Alliance. To my utter disgust, they have not been posted. See for yourself, with your own post. They are not for you, but against you. Keep Positive ...
Series 1 Day 1
- By Amy2012 · New reply October 24, 2009
- 21 replies
- I woke this morning two minutes before the alarm went off. I had this dream again about the old woman sitting in her gardens with me, with a cobbled fence, and the Lake (Ontario), beyond us. I dream about ...
CA125 results after chemo #2
- By mombon · New reply October 24, 2009
- 7 replies
- First of all I wanted to thank all of you who reply to journal entries. I read them on a daily basis and they have helped me. You are all sooo knowledgeable! I returned from my doctor appointment realizing ...
I have lost my mind due to ovarian cancer!
- By bevnamy · New reply October 24, 2009
- 10 replies
- My mom has stage 4 cancer. she went in the Hospital on October 2nd 2009. She thought she had a cold, she was coughing for a few months her dr. changed one of her meds because coughing was a side effect ...
FINALLY GOT AN APP WITH A HOSPITAL....
- By sonia40 · New reply October 23, 2009
- 10 replies
- Hello all i am soooo excited i just had to let everyone know the wonderful news...today i received a letter from 1 of the hospitals that i was on the waiting list regarding my kidney tumor....i have an ...
You can find me here!
- By kennebec · New reply October 23, 2009
- 1 reply
- I've been blogging for 2+ years and have continued that during my cancer since Jan 2009. You can find me at http://revel217.blogspot.com ...
Elevated CA125
- By laberg777 · New reply October 23, 2009
- 7 replies
- I just finished chemo at the end of July. I was diagnosed with IIIC. My CA125 was at 3. In August it was 10. Is this normal for it to go up and is more an actual #, than when your on chemo? I started ...
Nausea is Back
- By tyke2you · Posted October 22, 2009
- 0 replies
- Whoooooooooooooo!!!! It's baaack! I was REALLY nauseous this morning. Good thing Larry was here to drive. I couldn't sit up and he helped me walk to the treatment room. My doctor's nurse saw I wasn't ...
Radiation Treatment Continues
- By tyke2you · Posted October 22, 2009
- 0 replies
- Monday Larry went to treatment with me. It was the first time he saw the radiation room and the "Big Bertha" machine. It was a little intimidating watching the machine rotate back and forth, pausing for ...
No surgery--yet!
- By kayb · New reply October 22, 2009
- 4 replies
- Ok, Oct 16, 2009--my doctor's asst calls. She states that my doctor, upon looking over my charts, feels there's not a significant change in my "tumor", so he's not going to rush to judgement for surgery ...
So Much and So Little
- By Amy2012 · Posted October 21, 2009
- 0 replies
- My husband was away for a screen writing contest in Hollywood this past week (which he WON for his genre, YAY!!!), and since I felt well enough, I pushed him to go, as it really was a chance of a lifetime ...
WENT TO THE ER.....
- By sonia40 · New reply October 21, 2009
- 20 replies
- Hello to all you wonderful people and thankyou for responding my post and offering wonderful advice....as i mentioned in my post a couple of days earlier...my right kidney has been hurting that no amount ...
My sister is fighting for her life
- By YXandYQ · New reply October 20, 2009
- 25 replies
- at Duke Univ. Hospital. Cancer may spread to her lung, the obstruction in her intestines her doctors try to find in the past 3 weeks may also be tumors. This is less than 2 months since her diagonsis......Prayer ...
Immediate Action Needed if you live in TX, OK, NM or CO
- By CaraPolicy · Posted October 19, 2009
- 0 replies
- The deadline for your Member of Congress to sign this letter is Wednesday: http://capwiz.com/ovarian/issues/alert/? alertid=14187381 ...
MY KIDNEY HURTS SO MUCH....
- By sonia40 · New reply October 17, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hello all for any of you wonderful people who have read my posts in the past will know by know bout my kidney tumor (angiolypoma)...as i mentioned before it was only found by accident through an MRI....so ...
Nausea Not Side Effect of Radiation
- By tyke2you · New reply October 16, 2009
- 5 replies
- Another puny day. Could hardly drag myself out of bed at 9:00 to get to radiation at 9:30. I told the techs about the nausea and they said radiation shouldn't make me feel sick. It will make you tired ...
Vegan
- By kayb · New reply October 15, 2009
- 20 replies
- It's been three months since I turned vegan. I was informed by "gary null's " people that this was the best way to deal with cancer. She said--cancer is like fighting a pitbull. You can't fight a pitbull ...
Radiation Side Effects
- By tyke2you · New reply October 15, 2009
- 2 replies
- Welllllllllllllllllllllll, about two hours after treatment I started feeling nauseous. I've been nibbling on sugar-free flax seed cookies and that helped a lot. Good thing because my good friend Krista ...
UPDATE ON MY UPCOMING SURGERIES
- By sonia40 · New reply October 15, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hello all well its been a while since ive been on this site...mainly because ive been so busy moving home..finally settled....for those wonderful and caring people who have been reading my posts i just ...
