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NED

kpanta
  • By kpanta · New reply May 17, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • Hello All .. just wanted to let you know that there was NED from my TAH BOO .. so I am staged at 1A, Grade 1 .. so no chemo or radiation required .. go back to oncol in 4 months and will continue for ...

Sharing some good news

cory5356
  • By cory5356 · New reply May 16, 2013
  • 13 replies
  • Just wanted to share some good news. I just started my third cycle of my carbo/ taxol treatments today. In January my CA125 was 125, I had a total abdominal hysterectomy with removal of ovaries, fallopian ...

Gratitude

misty301
  • By misty301 · New reply May 9, 2013
  • 6 replies
  • I wasn't sure what topic to post this but I want everyone on this group to know how greatful I am to them. After 2 plus years of fighting this beast, I can see my family has a hard time dealing as well ...

Finished chemo

Designersencore
  • By Designersencore · New reply April 30, 2013
  • 10 replies
  • Was diagnosed aug 2012. Underwent 4 chemos. Then complete hystorectomy. Three small spots removed from omentum and one tumor. Underwent four more chemos. See Ono on Wednesday. Had ct scan on Friday. Was ...

5 years NED

Mikat
  • By Mikat · New reply April 28, 2013
  • 39 replies
  • It is hard to believe that five years ago today I was having surgery to rid myself of Ovarian Cancer. So blessed by God to be doing the happy dance and be released by my doctor! Praise God from whom all ...

1 year after diagnosis

jazzbhopeful
  • By jazzbhopeful · New reply April 25, 2013
  • 41 replies
  • Just about 1 year ago my spouse was diagnosed with stage 4 primary peritoneal cancer, with metastatic cancer in her lungs, liver and spleen. Her MDs in Sarasota, Fl. labeled her chemo as non-curative ...

Avastin is WORKING!

Claton
  • By Claton · New reply April 16, 2013
  • 8 replies
  • I thought I had posted this news but don't see it listed now. Anyway, my wife (of 35 years) was told about two months ago that she could no longer get chemo due to her kidneys being compromised (failure ...

5 Year survivor

SouthernBelle
  • By SouthernBelle · New reply April 11, 2013
  • 36 replies
  • Today I am officially a 5 year survivor of ovarian and uterine cancer. It is funny that we remember these milestones but no one else wants to remember. I thank god everyday that I am still on this earth ...

Flaky1

flaky1
  • By flaky1 · New reply April 6, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • Good news and Open Science Maybe now there will some momentum building. The April 1 Time Magazine article on cancer research was very encouraging. I love the thought of the Moonshot approach. Open science ...

still alive ...

bklyngirlx1
  • By bklyngirlx1 · New reply March 31, 2013
  • 21 replies
  • Well, I am almost afraid to question the fact that I am still alive. My oncologist told me late 2011, that she did not give me two years to live with stage/advanced ovarian cancer. I had a port put in ...

Avastin is WORKING!!

Claton
  • By Claton · New reply March 22, 2013
  • 22 replies
  • My wife, Carla, was diagnosed with stage 3c Ovarian Cancer in 2004. She has had several surgeries, participated in three research studies, and had over 50 rounds of chemo (most rounds with two chemos ...

New Trial working!!!

Ilaria73
  • By Ilaria73 · New reply March 18, 2013
  • 21 replies
  • I'm leaving in Florence Italy but within a couple of weeks I'll come to NY to start this chemio that is giving a fantastic result with advanced stages of OC. I'm talking about Dott. Howard Bruckner, he's ...

Good News

judy75002
  • By judy75002 · New reply March 1, 2013
  • 19 replies
  • I went to my Oncologist today to get the results of my cat scan. After 6 rounds of taxotere/carboplatin. I am doing very well. My CA125 was # 5 Everything is normal and i see him in 3 months. I will continue ...

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Motherofhope
  • By Motherofhope · Posted February 25, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • Ladies, During my very challenging year I wasn't able to be with my church family much at all. I don't think we realize how much we miss out until we lose it for a time - I had the sermons sent to me ...

Test for OC?? Maybe

nurserachet
  • By nurserachet · New reply February 24, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • BBC article/video notes possible new test for pancreatic, but also includes OC---by a 15 year old guy, no less. Maybe some day we will really have a test for OC and treat much earlier! And the test is ...

Good news!

going4life
  • By going4life · New reply February 17, 2013
  • 39 replies
  • Sisters, I'm in tears. I want to share some good news, and at the very same time I am so aware that some of us are getting very bad news.... I'm in tears simultaneously of joy and sorrow..... My good ...

INTERLEUKIN 6 in Ovarian Cancer

speranzahope
  • By speranzahope · New reply February 17, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Hello dear friends I found a recent article, maybe INTERLEUKIN 6 could be the cause of EPITHELIAN OVARIAN Cancer . Inhibathor this protain (INTERLEUKIN 6) isTocilizumab....i hope say this to my oncologist ...

Colonoscopy News: Bloodword to Come

Prostripe
  • By Prostripe · New reply February 14, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • Great news on my colonoscopy. Doc said if I hadnt been diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer she would see me in 10 years. I was that clean. Woohoo. Instead its 5 years. Bloodwork results on Monday. Blogged my ...

I got great news today!!!

Brightasday
  • By Brightasday · New reply February 11, 2013
  • 16 replies
  • My darling daughter and son-n-law just let me know I am going to be a Bubby. I am so excited this will be the first grand baby ...

Ovca Diagnosed on Nov 2011

gerly061007
  • By gerly061007 · New reply February 3, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • Mom was diagnosed stage 3 ovca november 2011. Surgery was done but chemo was delayed for 8months. Carbo taxol started on august 2012. 4 sessions after, ct showed regression and ca 125 from 500 to 14 ...

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