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Clear Cell Ovarian Cancer
- By ClearCellWarrior · New reply 5:49 am
- 41 replies
- Hi, First time posting anywhere. Have had a roller coaster ride since Jan 2013 with symptoms that brought me to my gyn early and surgery scheduled for what we thought was a pedunculated fibroid; however ...
Best Ovarian Surgeon Washington DC Area
- By BobClifton · New reply May 9, 2013
- 6 replies
- My mother in law has ovarian cancer. She is in Florida, but wants to come up to northern virginia with family for the surgury. Can anyone recommend the best Ovarian Cancer Surgeon in the DC area ...
Be positive
- By R9KARA · New reply April 16, 2013
- 4 replies
- Dear All, Hope everything is fine. God bless all of us. I just want to share my mom experience and hope it will definaltely help all those who are suffering from this disease. My lives in India and i ...
So tired...
- By juls625 · New reply April 6, 2013
- 6 replies
- I am so exhausted. I feel guilty to complain about how tired I am, but I feel like I could fall over half the time. My mom has been bedridden since January. My husband and I have been her primary caretakers ...
Ovarian Cancer Survivor's Course - FREE
- By Mommy-to-two · New reply April 4, 2013
- 14 replies
- Hello -- In January I attended a one-day Ovarian Cancer Survivor's Course in my city. It was wonderful! Next one is scheduled for Ann Arbor, Michigan. I thought I would pass along the info. There were ...
Pharmacy error
- By juls625 · New reply April 3, 2013
- 18 replies
- I am the primary caretaker for my mom who has advanced Ovarian cancer. She came home on hospice February 12th. She was doing much better at home until about a week later. For over 3 weeks she was having ...
Pet Scan Results
- By mpc001 · New reply March 12, 2013
- 14 replies
- Hello all. The Friday before last my wife's oncologist called and told her she needed to go in for a PET Scan as soon as possible. The following Monday she was scheduled for a Thursday scan. Over this ...
Ca125
- By Daughter1234 · New reply March 4, 2013
- 13 replies
- Hi there, Does anyone know if a ca 125 of 41.7 is to be expected following chemotherapy which ended 4 mths ago.?my mum was diagnosed stage 3 c ovca in march / April 2011. She had 6 months of carboplatin ...
when to tell mom ?
- By nab219 · New reply February 28, 2013
- 10 replies
- I posted a reoccurence 11yrs our. During my initial ovca surgery and chemo I lived with my mother for several mos. She is 85 yrs old now and has developed dementia and lives in a assisted living home ...
Ovarian Cancer/Final weeks
- By tbell47 · New reply February 27, 2013
- 8 replies
- My mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer this past October. We are not able to treat her due to her being in the later stages of Alzheimer's Disease. Hospice has been brought in about a month ...
My wife now in home hospice, 4 kids, feel all alone
- By SeanPC · New reply February 26, 2013
- 47 replies
- Hello - I'm a 45 yr old dad with 4 kids (10, 12, 14, 17) and my wife, the love of my life and best friend is now in home hospice care after a long 9 yr. battle with ovarian cancer. I feel completely alone ...
Thank you.
- By kristi79 · New reply February 10, 2013
- 7 replies
- I am just now getting back on here...almost a year later. I posted a topic about chemo brain and due to the responses I got, I quickly got my mom to the hospital. I came back and posted of her passing ...
Sad News
- By lucky10 · New reply January 7, 2013
- 34 replies
- It is with a very heavy heart that we share with all of you the passing of our beloved Mom and wife, Lucky 10 on December 23rd. She fought until the very end and left us with the admonition to keep fighting ...
Happy NewYear
- By SouthernBelle · New reply January 1, 2013
- 5 replies
- Happy New Year everyone, we all survived another year. This was a tough year. I lost two friends to this horrible cancer, both were in the "Survivors Teaching Students" group that I participate in. It ...
HPV virus and Cervical cancer
- By armywife199 · New reply December 26, 2012
- 1 reply
- There is research linking virus' plural and Cancer. Namely the recent healing of Leukemia using HIV virus http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/articl e-2246312/Girl-7-beats-leukaemia-revolut ionary-treatment-using-HIV-virus-wire-im ...
GEFITINIB.....next oral chemo drug.......
- By 21harit · New reply December 23, 2012
- 6 replies
- good evening to all.... gefitinib is the new oral chemo drug suggested by oncologist.. please may i know if any body had tried or know something about it... please advice and best of luck to all fighters ...
Supporting Best Friend who re
- By srtede · New reply December 10, 2012
- 7 replies
- My best friend was diagnosed with Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer June of last year. She went thru Chemo, surgery and more chemo, then was clean of cancer for about 3 months. It reoccured again in April of this ...
NEW CHEMO DRUG IN USA.....NAMED ...???? NOT SURE...PLZ TELL
- By 21harit · New reply December 5, 2012
- 9 replies
- GOOD AFTERNOON .. I CAME TO KNOW THR IS A NEW DRUG INVENTED IN USA ..THROUGH NEWSPAPER ...BUT DOCTOR TOLD THT IT IS APPROVED FOR COLERECTAL CANCER BY FDA TILL NOW.......AND ONLY AVAILABLE IN USA ...
New page on Facebook, "Loving Someone With Cancer"
- By ItStartsToday · Posted December 3, 2012
- 0 replies
- Dear Teal Family, I recently set up a page on Facebook for both us and those around us (or for anyone who has to deal with cancer and those in their circle). Many of us here have posted about how family ...
What to expect?
- By pattie1912 (Inactive) · New reply November 30, 2012
- 4 replies
- Mum has now completed her nine chemo sessions her CA125 is down to 830 from 5380 so that has encouraged us. Next Mum has to have scans and meet with the gynaecology oncology surgical team. They are hopefully ...
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