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CAM without chemotherapy?

juanjuan
  • By juanjuan · Posted May 6, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • Anyone chose CAM (Complementary Alternative Medicine) over chemotherapy, stopped chemo completely? Can anyone share your experience? Thanks, ~Ning ...

Primary Peritoneal Cancer

selovera
  • By selovera · New reply May 3, 2013
  • 17 replies
  • Hello, Three years ago I was diagnosed with primary peritoneal cancer. Would be interested in speaking with others who may have this. I originally had six treatments with carbo/taxol and then six more ...

stage 4....ca125 - 2400

angelfriends
  • By angelfriends · New reply April 21, 2013
  • 22 replies
  • No...that 2400 is not a typo. After 5 treatments, it went down to 24. I am awaiting results from 6th treatment. Will know this Thursday. Secret? Friends who are not willing to let me go home prayed. And ...

Just Glad to be Here

BarbF
  • By BarbF · New reply April 19, 2013
  • 46 replies
  • Dear Ladies, I just wanted to share with you all that I passed my 9 year survival date from stage IV ovarian cancer! I wanted you all to know that I am still here! I am currently undergoing treatment ...

stage 4....ca125 - 2400

angelfriends
  • By angelfriends · Posted April 14, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • No...that 2400 is not a typo. After 5 treatments, it went down to 24. I am awaiting results from 6th treatment. Will know this Thursday. Secret? Friends who are not willing to let me go home prayed. And ...

Ovarian Cancer Stage IIIA

Desperate
  • By Desperate · New reply April 12, 2013
  • 21 replies
  • I have been dealing with OC Stage IIIA since October of 2005. Had 3 ocurances since initial diagnosis. My CA 125 was 1099 about a month ago now it is down to 240 after 2 treatments of Avastin. But after ...

Peritoneal cancer

Chanel1
  • By Chanel1 · New reply March 29, 2013
  • 18 replies
  • How many of you have Peritoneal cancer? I found out I had stage 3A ppc in May of 2012. Had IP and IV chemo. My CA125 was 65 to start, after surgery went down to 34 and then after the first chemo it went ...

Survivors Teaching Students Help in Georgia

capjr717
  • By capjr717 · Posted March 26, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • Hi Everyone, My name is Chase Powell and I am the Program Manager of the Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance! Would anyone be interested in helping out with Survivors Teaching Students tomorrow March 27 at ...

Achieving A Long Remission

Skylark64
  • By Skylark64 · New reply March 24, 2013
  • 42 replies
  • I have read this forum occasionally for over 4 years but have never posted. This is a long post but I hope it may help some people. In December of 2008, at age 66, my CA-125 was elevated to 65, discovered ...

My oncology practice is closing its doors

Opportunity
  • By Opportunity · New reply March 24, 2013
  • 14 replies
  • Cancer equals change. There is no way to go about a cancer diagnosis any other way. My ovarian cancer diagnosis taught me that 10 years ago and change continues to be a big part of my life. Today I am ...

For all my sisters here......

wolfi
  • By wolfi · New reply March 9, 2013
  • 33 replies
  • Just stopping in to say hi to all and wish you well. A happy Spring to you as well. The pruned roses are coming back in well here and my sweet peas are coming up . I wish good recovery for any having ...

ovarian 3C -cancer free -depended on the power of prayer

dilovesnature7
  • By dilovesnature7 · New reply March 6, 2013
  • 13 replies
  • I am now cancer free after intensive aabdominal surgery & chemo for 8 1/2 mo. for ovarian 3 C. I am chemically sensitive so the chemo was brutal & I had to change dr. 3x until found a good 1 who took ...

Don't people understand?

KnoxFam
  • By KnoxFam · New reply March 3, 2013
  • 16 replies
  • Do people not understand the ramifications of their actions? I'm sure it doesn't seem important to actually obtain the CT scan before the doctor sees it, but it's important to me--I'm the one they shot ...

Prefer Funky to Funk

hinsopa
  • By hinsopa · Posted February 14, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • Check out the post above at www.canceremotions.wordpress.com ...

ibuprofen is helping me fight PPC

drdu
  • By drdu · New reply January 31, 2013
  • 28 replies
  • Basically I have told my story on my profile, which I hope you can see - I have just joined this site. I am from UK and have done 2 blogs on Ovacome website under same name, drdu, if you would like to ...

Ovrain Cancer Stage 4

farahkhan
  • By farahkhan · New reply January 23, 2013
  • 31 replies
  • I have stage 4 ovrain cancer cell spread to liver also going for treatment soon. am i going to die? am i live again a normal life ...

Ovarian cancer and brain tumours

SaraLois
  • By SaraLois · New reply January 13, 2013
  • 19 replies
  • Has anyone here been diagnosed with a meningioma after having treatment for ovarian cancer? (I have just had this news 18 months after finishing chemo ...

NED - what does it really mean???

TigerTam
  • By TigerTam · New reply January 6, 2013
  • 7 replies
  • Ok, here's my story - had symptoms in Sept 2012, diagnosed and de-bulking surgery in Oct 2012, chemo in Nov and Dec. CAT scan done in Sept showed cancer, NEW CAT scan done now in DEC showed CLEAR! does ...

Info

Postcard
  • By Postcard · New reply December 17, 2012
  • 8 replies
  • Ladies many off you have not fill out you Journal information . I'm curious how some people got diagnosed . But that journal information sure helps us to know more about you ...

71/2 years with recurrent ovarian cancer and counting

Trilac
  • By Trilac · New reply December 16, 2012
  • 45 replies
  • I was diagnosed with stage lllc ovarian cancer in May 2005. I was only 43. I had debulking surgery and six months of Carboplatin. My CA count started to climb straight away and two years later I had another ...

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