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R9KARA
  • By R9KARA · New reply May 18, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • Dear All, My mom was diagnoses by overian cancer stage 4 in december 2012. After 3 rounds of chemo and surgery doctor advice her to meet after 3 mths. Her ca125 is 19 after surgery. I heard after surgery ...

Could I have Ovarian Cancer?

Claire333
  • By Claire333 · New reply May 13, 2013
  • 6 replies
  • Hi there, Please could you tell me if my symptoms point to possible Ovarian Cancer? I'm a new Expat in a foreign country and don't even know yet how to see a Doctor. I don't know if I should be worried ...

intraperitoneal port removal

C55
  • By C55 · New reply May 12, 2013
  • 7 replies
  • My sister had her IP port removed in November. Now she has a soft protrusion at the site that is visible when she is upright and flat when she is lying down. There is no pain associated with it. Any ideas ...

Stent

cynceno
  • By cynceno · New reply May 12, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • I was taking a shower yesterday & I noticed that it was coming out my body. My oldest son took me to emergency & after a CT Scan. Noticed that My ureter was okay, needless to say I was thrilled & I was ...

dealing with denial

helplessinPa
  • By helplessinPa · New reply May 9, 2013
  • 28 replies
  • I am the boyfriend of a woman who in 2010 was diagnosed with ovarian 3c cancer.It wasnt long before surgery happened and the Dr said at this time, 2 years was about all the time she had. at that time ...

SUN Explosure and OvCA

sophia22x
  • By sophia22x · New reply May 8, 2013
  • 10 replies
  • Hi everyone !!!!!!!!!!!!! I am a newbie on this forum and still in waiting game of possible cancer diagnosis ( praying its NOT of course )) . Little history : 24 yer old , newlywed, had 9 weeks miscarriage ...

Depression

AmyLouQ
  • By AmyLouQ · New reply May 7, 2013
  • 7 replies
  • After reading others postings, I'm wondering how many survivors are being treated for depression at the same time as they are being treated for OvCa. It seems like a no-brainer in some ways, but in others ...

Broken Port

Seraph98
  • By Seraph98 · New reply May 7, 2013
  • 9 replies
  • So I went in today to get my CAT scan done, just because of some weird symptoms. The nurse accessed my port easily and all seemed ok. When the Radiology tech ran a quick test with saline on the rapid ...

Ovarian Cyst and Elevated CA 125 after a miscarrige !!!

sophia22x
  • By sophia22x · New reply May 6, 2013
  • 15 replies
  • Hi everyone . After my misscarige it was discovered by my doctor that I have a small septated ovarian cyst in my right ovary. Few days after I got a phone call from my doctors office saying that my CA ...

Does anyone use Effexor for HOTFLASHES ?

Tweetytoo
  • By Tweetytoo · New reply May 3, 2013
  • 12 replies
  • Does anyone use Effexor for HOTFLASHES ...

Is a PET scan covered by Medicare?

Chanel1
  • By Chanel1 · New reply May 1, 2013
  • 11 replies
  • Does anyone know if Medicare will pay for a PET scan ...

Sloan: Dr Yukio Sonada ?

bravely2
  • By bravely2 · New reply April 25, 2013
  • 14 replies
  • My sister is newly diagnosed, I am Dr Barakat's patient, we could not get an appt with him until end of May. Has anyone heard of Dr Sonada? We have an appt with him today. So unreal that she has OC also ...

CA 125 on the rise

2Pontificate
  • By 2Pontificate · New reply April 22, 2013
  • 14 replies
  • So.......10 months ago my wife was diagnosed with Stage III-C Ovarian Cancer and had full debulking surgery and 18 weeks of Chemo. Midway through the treatments her CA 125 was down to 36 and the Doc was ...

4.2cm cyst should need be removed?

cheekyme
  • By cheekyme · New reply April 18, 2013
  • 6 replies
  • Hi everyone, I had come across this site upon finding some information regarding the 4.2cm ovarian cyst on my right ovary. I really don't know what to do at the moment so I thought I would try to asked ...

EMEND

nancykek
  • By nancykek · New reply April 16, 2013
  • 17 replies
  • Does everyone take EMEND when having carboplatin/taxatere? I get it in time for my chemo tomorrow. My PET scan showed a growth ON my liver. I am to have 3 treatments...one every 3 weeks...then a PET scan ...

RELOCATION

mgirl
  • By mgirl · New reply April 8, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • HEY ,lady i am relocation to raleigh area , i need help find a great area to look for a apartment .and a great doctor , and a cancer survivors groups . i don't know area yet but have some ideals, cary ...

pamholtz

pamholtz
  • By pamholtz · New reply April 7, 2013
  • 8 replies
  • My recent CA125 was good but my calcium numbers were high? Has anyone had this issue? Dr. didn't want to discuss until the results of a second test comes back. I can certainly understand. But... I still ...

Is my mother going to be diagnosed with cancer?

Rosicky
  • By Rosicky · New reply April 5, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Ok so about a month ago my mother performed a papsmear. A couple weeks later the doctor said he found some abnormalities and said that they needed to perform a transvaginal ultrasound on her. She did ...

ovary cancer

Rosalin
  • By Rosalin · New reply April 1, 2013
  • 11 replies
  • After 2 round of chemo. my CA125 is 20 do you think it need other chemo. round ...

Borderline tumour. Hysterectomy or not?

WHislandgirl
  • By WHislandgirl · New reply March 28, 2013
  • 19 replies
  • Hey, I am 26 with a 7 month old baby and they just found a 10 cm cyst on my ovary. It is either fluid filled or mucus. I've had ultrasound and ct/pt scan done. My levels of ca 125 came back at 117. So ...

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