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Survivor stories
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- By JHT · New reply October 1, 2009
- 5 replies
- I have been on this website almost everyday the last couple of months looking for information and inspiration on behalf of my mom. This site has helped me support my mom (and dad) and to be very active ...
Ovca sisters in San Diego area......
- By wolfi · New reply September 29, 2009
- 1 reply
- So good to hear from you ladies in my area. I am always trying to spread hope and encouragement to my sisters. Remember to keep the faith girls! Hugs and be well, Jan going on 14 years cancer free with ...
OPRAH WINFREY SHOW
- By 10yrsurvivor · New reply September 29, 2009
- 9 replies
- I am hopeful that one day Oprah will have a show on Ovca. I have read through this list how so many of us have submitted our stories even though they don't fit the criteria of her request for entries ...
Breast & Concurrent Ovac?
- By Jane4 · New reply September 29, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi, I have recurrent ovac, and and am currently successfully being treated in a trial of avasten and sorafanib. So, today, I'm writing on behalf of a good friend, who's under 40 and the mom of a 6 year ...
Two Year Cancer Anniversary Today
- By Jill13 · New reply September 17, 2009
- 23 replies
- Hello! Two years ago today -- September 10, 2007 -- I was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. On January 18, 2008 -- I received notice that there was "No Evidence of Disease" and thus far I am still in remission ...
Hello
- By macasna · New reply September 17, 2009
- 7 replies
- This is my first time writing. I, too, am a 13 year ovarian cancer survivor. Mine was Stage 1C only because my tumor ruptured, which I truly believe saved my life. My last check up was in August, 2008 ...
Survivors Teaching Students
- By zircons · New reply September 12, 2009
- 32 replies
- Hi, I am in the Boston area. Survivors Teaching Students are a group of women who go to medical schools to tell third year medical students their stories so that when they are out in practice, they might ...
Getting ready for Abdominal Surgery number 6
- By shoppingkharma · New reply September 12, 2009
- 30 replies
- I will try to make this as brief as possible. Just a little history 1st: I was first diagnosed with Advanced Ovarian Cancer on Nov. 15, 2002 and since then have been on 8 treatments of Taxol and Carboplatinum ...
FOR OVCA Surviors.... how do we move forward & Live LIFE
- By Shelter · New reply September 11, 2009
- 1 reply
- FOR OVCA Surviors.... how do we move forward & Live LIFE Below are the Ten Tools to Recovery, which are further explored in the book. 1. Assess your strengths. What's changed? What's the same? 2. Grieve ...
OPRAH WINFREY SHOW
- By 10yrsurvivor · New reply September 7, 2009
- 1 reply
- I am hopeful that one day Oprah will have a show on Ovca. I have read through this list how so many of us have submitted our stories even though they don't fit the criteria of her request for entries ...
35 years today!
- By 35yearsurvivor · New reply September 6, 2009
- 21 replies
- 35 years ago today, at the age of 20, I went to surgery, knowing I had "something big" in my pelvic area. When the post surgery pain could finally be diminished by the demerol (enough for me to be conscious ...
There Is Always Hope
- By just-tigg · New reply August 20, 2009
- 8 replies
- Mom was diagnosed with Stage 3 Ovarian in November 08. It had spread to the ommentum and the small intestine. She had surgery immediately but little could be done except to redirect the small intestine ...
hormone replacement??
- By kolson · New reply August 10, 2009
- 15 replies
- I am wondering what you all did after your hysterectomy in terms of hormone's or loss of them. I had mine right after my 40th bday last year and HELLO menopause. The DR said hormones were a bad idea for ...
Is there any powder that is safe to use " down there?"
- By katelynsmamaw · New reply August 10, 2009
- 4 replies
- I know we're not supposed to use talcum powder, but is there any kind that we could use? I need to feel "dry ...
Health Care Providers
- By karen7149 · New reply July 30, 2009
- 7 replies
- In February, I was diagnosed with Stage IV ovarian cancer. They classified it as Stage IV because they thought that it had gone to the liver. The ER doctors wanted my husband to sign a DNR order and some ...
Mosquito Bites - A sign of a healthy body ?
- By youngmom · New reply July 18, 2009
- 10 replies
- After I first was diagnosed, like may of you, I started reading everything I could about cancer and how to fight it. I have a library of about a dozen or more cancer books on my nightstand. Certainly ...
Called Patient Relations after no results
- By momanderson920 · New reply July 17, 2009
- 8 replies
- Many of you know my saga regarding an allergic reaction to IV nafcillin I experienced after my cancer surgery when I developed a postop infection in the hospital and was treated with IV nafcillin and ...
stupid comments continued
- By kimlyn1228 · New reply July 15, 2009
- 20 replies
- I lost the thread on this discussion. This is my first posting. My mother has been on here for a couple of months. She created an account for me to encourage me to get on here. The password she chose ...
How long does it take before eyebrows grow back?
- By Jean1 · New reply July 13, 2009
- 13 replies
- Ok ladies don't laugh, but you guys have helped me out alot with other sfuff, that I have to ask this. My eyebrows have never fully grown back since my treatment stopped 4 years ago. Well recentally they ...
Hopeful
- By youngmom · New reply July 11, 2009
- 5 replies
- It is almost midnight - a beautiful summer night. My daughter and her friends are outside celebrating her 14th birthday. The music is blaring (with some music I don't know) , the tent is set up in the ...
