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What - Inspire is a place where you can connect with people who share your health concerns and find information and advice in groups sponsored by organizations you know and trust.
Why - As a member you can use Inspire to let friends and family know how you're doing, contact others who share your health concerns, receive personalized updates and information about participating in surveys and clinical trials, and more.
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Advocacy
Track the latest in advocacy efforts and how you can become involved.
DO Something!
- By lifeisgrand · New reply yesterday at 9:12 am
- 17 replies
- Okay ladies (and gentlemen). Today is the day we need to DO something for ovarian cancer. There has been a lot of discussion in the past month or two about awareness and yes a lot of complaining about ...
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Awareness and fundraising events
Post information on upcoming awareness events and share ideas about fundraising activities benefiting ovarian cancer.
Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research
- By mmtraynor · New reply yesterday at 3:05 pm
- 1 reply
- In September 2008 my husband and I attended a symposium in Seattle held by Saul Rivkin, MD, (Oncologist) Founder and Chairman of the Marsha Rivkin Center Board of Directors. Dr. Rivkin's wife died of ...
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Caregivers and family members
Connect with other caregivers and family members to share your experiences and get advice regarding difficult topics.
Debulking wasn't so optimal...
- By maragold · New reply November 18, 2009
- 13 replies
- My mom was recently diagnosed with stage IIIC. She had gone to her Gyn with all the symptoms and was told it was nothing on more than one occasion until they finally found masses on both ovaries two months ...
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Clinical trials
Discuss questions, comments and worries you have relating to clinical trials.
Nationwide Registry to "Match" Study Volunteers With Researchers
- By libbyshope · New reply yesterday at 11:41 am
- 6 replies
- Individuals who want to participate in research studies now can connect online with researchers nationwide through the first disease-neutral, volunteer recruitment registry. ResearchMatch.org is a not-for-profit ...
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Financial and insurance issues
Share tips, resources, and ideas how to ask for and get the financial assistance that is out there.
Obama and Ovarian circa '07
- By CATSMEOW · New reply November 17, 2009
- 40 replies
- "To fix health care, we have to fix Washington," he says at the end of the ad. It's an anecdote Obama has been recently field testing on the campaign trail. This is how he told the story of his MOTHERS ...
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Good news
Post good news here. From good check-ups, cancer-versaries, to celebrations such as remission.
I had my baby!
- By darlingclem · New reply 12:23 pm
- 39 replies
- As some of you may remember, I'm an 11 year survivor of ovarian cancer and recently (well, 9 months ago) found out I was pregnant. My little remaining ovary pulled it off and after only 4 months of trying ...
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Help desk
Have a question about using the site? An idea for making it better? Post here and let us know how we can help.
METFORMIN - GLUCOPHAGE
- By WEMBILL · New reply 1:30 pm
- 2 replies
- Has anyone heard about Metformin and wether this med is taken independent of Chemo. My frien is stage IV with mets to the liver and I have heard that this drug destroys the stem cells that cause recurrence ...
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Late stage
Discuss issues related to late stage ovarian cancer.
My friend is at the end of her battle, ...
- By Guessgirlshell · New reply November 18, 2009
- 10 replies
- My friend is at the end of her battle * Newest messages * Delete * Mark as unread Guessgirlshell * By Guessgirlshell * November 7, 2009 at 12:32 pm If anyone here has lost someone to this awful cancer ...
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Newly diagnosed
Start here for help! Discuss what to expect, worries, questions and where to go for help.
Asians
- By juliach · New reply 3:38 pm
- 1 reply
- I am Chinese. Although I have been in this country for quite sometime, our diet still is not americanized. I just wonder if there are any Asian OVCA patients out there so I can get advice on nutrition ...
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OCNA Annual Conference
The 12th Annual Ovarian Cancer National Alliance "Celebration of Life" Conference is July 6-8, 2009 and Lobby Day on Capitol Hill is July 9, 2009. We encourage all of you to use our Inspire group to discuss the various events and activities, share personal experiences from previous years, find a roommate and more! Also, stay tuned for discussions from the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance staff about Lobby Day on Capitol Hill, the new "Legacy Corner" campaign, updates on the Clinical Trails Forum and a frequent Questions & Answer session. If you would like to speak with a staff person directly about the Conference, please contact Liz Bauer, Events Director for the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, by phone at 202-331-1332 or conference@ovariancancer.org.
Save the Date! 13th Annual Ovarian Cancer National Alliance Conference
- By OCNA_Events · New reply November 3, 2009
- 2 replies
- The 13th Annual Ovarian Cancer National Alliance Conference will be July 10-12th, 2010 with Lobby Day July 13, 2010. The Conference will be in Washington, D.C. at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. To purchase ...
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Recurrence
Discuss issues related to recurrence.
Trying to understand
- By NannyLoLo · New reply 12:03 pm
- 4 replies
- After an elevation in my CA-125 and unusual abdominal pains a CT was done to verify a recurrence ( a mere 4 months in remission). I am a stage IIIC diagnosed in Feb 09. My history was sub-optimal debulking ...
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Research
Discuss the latest in ovarian cancer research. What have you been hearing and reading about in current articles and news reports?
New Guidelines for Mammorgrams
- By curiouscat · New reply 4:39 pm
- 23 replies
- I was wondering what everyone thought about the "new" guidelines for mammograms? Now they're (whoever "they" are) saying that women don't need mammograms until they are 50 and that doing a self-breast ...
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Side effects of treatment
Discuss with others your experiences of symptom management. Remember to always consult your doctors and nurses about specific concerns.
New chemo is kicking my butt!
- By Jennali · New reply 12:46 pm
- 10 replies
- I only hope it is also kicking the cancer cells' butts! I went in for labs today, one week after my Gemzar last week. My blood counts are all down pretty drastically. I was mentally prepared for a Neulasta ...
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Survivor stories
Share your story and be inspired by the stories of others.
Beating Ovarian Cancer
- By Debofil · New reply 11:56 am
- 6 replies
- Hello Beautiful Ladies: I just read the above book written by Chris Bledy. She had a recurrence of late stage ovarian cancer, but has been in remission for years now because she took action to fight for ...
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Treatment
Share information on current and emerging treatment options, including quality of life issues.
WBC rapid fall after CA-125 decline
- By uju99 · New reply 2:10 pm
- 5 replies
- It looks like when my wife started the OVC treatment about 2 months ago.....she started with CA-125 - 7000 and after one treatment it jumped to 23000 and in next round of Abraxane it came down to 1700.....but ...
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What, me worry?
How are you coping with the different emotional issues relating to your treatment and diagnosis?
Worst things said...
- By melf · New reply yesterday at 7:17 pm
- 18 replies
- We have had an ongoing thread here that pops up now and then wherein the question was asked, "what wa the worst thing said to you" or something to that effect. Bare with me as I could not find the thread ...
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Young survivors
Talk with other young survivors about issues unique to youth.
Borderline Ovarian Cancer?
- By Nova · New reply November 14, 2009
- 33 replies
- I was diagnosed with borderline ovarian cancer last year at age 31. Has anyone else been diagnosed with this?? I know that it's pretty rare ...
