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Getting my daughter to eat

twin17
  • By twin17 · New reply May 18, 2009
  • 20 replies
  • My 17yr old daughter was diagnose with stg. 3 "germ cell "ovarian cancer March 2009. Right now, she's going through chemo and doing okay. Her treatment consist of Cisplatin, Bleomysin, & Etoposide. I'm ...

Radiation Treatment Causing CA125 to go up?

PattyWarriorwoman
  • By PattyWarriorwoman · New reply April 23, 2009
  • 8 replies
  • Has anyone heard of CA125 numbers going up after treatment with Radiation ...

Books worth reading?

Ahavine
  • By Ahavine · New reply April 23, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • What books have really helped others on the journey? Today I finished 'Hope in the Face of Cancer: A Survival Guide for the Journey you did not Choose' by Amy Givler, M.D., (Harvest House, Oregon, 2003 ...

When does remission start?

Mikat
  • By Mikat · New reply April 6, 2009
  • 23 replies
  • Maybe this is an obvious question, but I just don't know. I had my TAH last April 28, 2008. My ca 125 dropped from 800 something to 14 immediately after surgery. My last chemo was over in October of 2008 ...

Eating Healthy - Recipes

abbaschild
  • By abbaschild · New reply February 15, 2009
  • 12 replies
  • I thought I'd share a recipe that my husband likes and I use coconut oil..which some have been talking about. Zucchini Baked Fries 2 med. zucchini, peeled, cut into strips 6 T. 1% milk & 1-2 eggs, beaten ...

Tomorrow

msbradford83
  • By msbradford83 · New reply February 6, 2009
  • 12 replies
  • I will undergo surgery to know what type of tumor I have and I hope that everything goes well. I just want everyone to pray for me ...

Confusion

msbradford83
  • By msbradford83 · New reply January 26, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • I haven't been on the website lately because I was in the hospital. I had chest pain and I started to vomit because of my chest pain. Then all of sudden, my stomach was in pain. I stayed in the hospital ...

Pain after chemo?

kolson
  • By kolson · New reply January 5, 2009
  • 25 replies
  • had my second round of chemo for ovarian cancer last week. I have a lot of pain in my joints and bones. Does anyone else experience this? My Dr. looks at me like am nuts. It is really painful but I wonder ...

I am Sad

Teresa56
  • By Teresa56 · New reply January 1, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • I am very sad to report that my friend Joyce lost her battle with OVC Dec 9th. Her family does not know how to remove her profile from this site so I am asking for help. I met Joyce thru another yahoo ...

Essiac Tea

michellelovejoy
  • By michellelovejoy · New reply December 21, 2008
  • 25 replies
  • Has anyone heard of or used this. I bought it, but I was wondering if anyone on here has used it. Thanks alot ...

What I am going through?

msbradford83
  • By msbradford83 · New reply December 19, 2008
  • 14 replies
  • My name is Ryan Bradford and I am 25 years old. I was a normal young woman; I had a job as a administrative assistant at the Division of Family Resources in my area. I was young woman who trying to my ...

Terms: Gynecologist, Oncologist, Gynecological Oncologist, Surgeon

Out-out-damn-ovaries
  • By Out-out-damn-ovaries · New reply November 29, 2008
  • 10 replies
  • I am currently seeing a gynecological oncologist for a hysterectomy Dec. 12th. Dermoid cyst and possible borderline malignant tumor. Question: If after the surgery I need chemo, does the gynecological ...

I want to know if I have ovarian cancer

msbradford83
  • By msbradford83 · New reply November 22, 2008
  • 7 replies
  • I think that I might have ovarian cancer. For the past few months, I have gained weight in my stomach area and I really didn't think anything of it because I thought it was weight gain. About two months ...

Retreats

quiltmaker
  • By quiltmaker · New reply November 22, 2008
  • 12 replies
  • I am wanting to go to a retreat for ovarian cancer surviors. Does anyone know of any good ones. It doen't matter where they are located, I have access to free airfare, I just don't have alot of money ...

THE OVASURE BLOOD TEST

lovelexi
  • By lovelexi · New reply November 21, 2008
  • 8 replies
  • I WAS ABOUT TO GET THIS TEST DONE THIS WEEK AND JUST FOUND OUT LABCORP IS NO LONGER DOING IT. I AM DEVASTED! DOES ANYONE KNOW IF YOU CAN GET IT DONE DIRECTLY FROM YALE UNIVERSITY OR SOMEWHERE ELSE ...

Anyone??

teresam78
  • By teresam78 · New reply November 15, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • Hi everyone I was just going to see if anyone on here lives in/close to Seattle, WA or gets treatment at Seattle Cancer Care Aliance? I have been thinking about joining a support group or finding people ...

CEA High

michellelovejoy
  • By michellelovejoy · New reply November 9, 2008
  • 3 replies
  • I went to the doctor yesterday for a transvaginal u/s yesterday and my ovary I have left is fine. I had a CEA and CA-125 done. I just got the results of the CEA and it was 4.6 In September it was 3.7 ...

Couple questions -- opinions please. . .

MRosebud
  • By MRosebud · New reply October 29, 2008
  • 15 replies
  • Has anyone here been put on the anti depressant Cymbalta? I ask because so many of us here are on something because we need the help to get through this. ;o) I just started taking it last Wednesday (my ...

Shout Out to Northern CA Warriors---I just moved here

jeaniet
  • By jeaniet · Posted October 11, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • Hey Northern CA ladies.....I just moved to Grass Valley area from Denver. Are any of you in the Sacramento area in any kind of OC Support Group? I don't know anyone here. Also, what other OC resources ...

Spillage

michellelovejoy
  • By michellelovejoy · New reply October 7, 2008
  • 5 replies
  • I am going to Dana Farber in Boston of Friday for a 2nd opinion. I was diagnosed with a boderline mucinous tumor of low malignant potential. The doctor ruptured some of it and I was wondering if anyone ...

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