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What, me worry?

How are you coping with the different emotional issues relating to your treatment and diagnosis?

The Cobwebs In My Brain Are Getting Cleared Out

ThePhoenix
  • By ThePhoenix · Posted 9:34 pm
  • 0 replies
  • Well, I've always *thought* I might go back to school. I would get so far in the process then drop it, figuring I was too old. Well, I got off my arse and am now enrolled at a technicall institute. I ...

Worst things said...

melf
  • By melf · New reply yesterday at 7:17 pm
  • 18 replies
  • We have had an ongoing thread here that pops up now and then wherein the question was asked, "what wa the worst thing said to you" or something to that effect. Bare with me as I could not find the thread ...

Has Anyone Tried Cancer Treatment Centers of America?

kibbitzqueen
  • By kibbitzqueen · New reply yesterday at 6:20 pm
  • 12 replies
  • Has anyone tried Cancer Treatment Centers of America? I tease my husband about when we win the lottery, 'I'm going to Cancer Treatment Centers of America!' (like most people say Disneyland)! I can't afford ...

Right Now

Jen457
  • By Jen457 · New reply yesterday at 9:41 am
  • 5 replies
  • I was cleaning out my favorites and came across this link and wanted to share. http://positivepause.com/index.html ...

Choices...

Sandiestar
  • By Sandiestar · New reply November 18, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • so... have been to see the fertility Dr, he is happy to put me through a cycle of ivf to see if we can get me pregnant... he has told me he will double the standard dose as even tho I am only 28 due to ...

My Mom was recently dx with ovca stage IIIC and spread to liver.

MeaganWilson123
  • By MeaganWilson123 · New reply November 17, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • I am so upset. I don't know how to take this. My mother was dx in june 2009 with stage IIIC ovca. She had a complete hysterectomy with debulking surgery. afterwards she completed 6 rounds of carbr/taxol ...

Do YOU Remember?

kibbitzqueen
  • By kibbitzqueen · New reply November 16, 2009
  • 16 replies
  • There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I ...

Insensitivity to Cancer Patients

ohmama123
  • By ohmama123 · New reply November 14, 2009
  • 40 replies
  • I was at the DMV today as my license expired. When I went up to the desk the woman told me I needed to take off my scarf for the picture, and I told her I could not for medical reasons and I would like ...

Unsure if I'm doing the right thing

pasosquirt
  • By pasosquirt · New reply November 11, 2009
  • 26 replies
  • I just joined, so hello all! Anyway, two years ago in April, I went to my OB/GYN to get a much overdue pap, and to discuss irregular periods (I was always like clockwork prior). I told her that I was ...

I thought Wed. 11/4 was the end of my life...

Dodie1
  • By Dodie1 · New reply November 10, 2009
  • 26 replies
  • After having 14 chemo treatments with the same drug (Carbo), Wednesday my body decided that it wanted to have a severe allergic reaction. I was trying to be brave and tough and not say anything about ...

Understanding CA-125

NannyLoLo
  • By NannyLoLo · New reply November 9, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • Hello my sisters...I have been reading the boards for months but this is my first post. I was diagnosed with stage IIIC in February 09 after sub-optimal debulking surgery and went immediately on taxol/carboplatin ...

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear -

Shelter
  • By Shelter · New reply November 3, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Perfect Love Casts Out Fear - NEW! by Joyce Meyer ok I pasted this here- but it blessed me I am right in teh midst of this very thing & POOF I get email !!!!!! thank you Lord.... Do you suffer from fear ...

getting sicer with each chemo

loveoneanother
  • By loveoneanother · New reply October 31, 2009
  • 21 replies
  • Please help me ladies. I just finished 3rd chemo of 6 with carbo only. this is a reaccuring 3 c Ovarian cancer. the problem is yesturday I was sick with constipation so I took stool softner and senna ...

No CAT scan for 6 mos maybe more

Ansophie
  • By Ansophie · New reply October 28, 2009
  • 14 replies
  • I am 6 mos post chemo for III c PPC. Chemo went well and my CA125 is down to 1 from 32,obviously not a good marker for me. My debulking in Jan 2009 was optimal at Mass General Hosp and I had a clean CAT ...

Dog at my Feet, Kitten on my Shoulder, Surgery Behind Me!

kibbitzqueen
  • By kibbitzqueen · New reply October 28, 2009
  • 16 replies
  • To All my OVCA Friends, Home from the hospital! FINALLY! After a week being 'held hostage' LOL I'm finally home! I had a tennis ball sized tumor removed. It was attached to my bowel so the doctor also ...

The Characters of Cancer (Giggle)!!!!!

kibbitzqueen
  • By kibbitzqueen · New reply October 26, 2009
  • 14 replies
  • The following are TRUE stories! The names have been changed to protect the innocent? LOL The first character I met at chemo is an elderly woman who comes in occasionally and Blows the harmonica like nobody's ...

Coffee

Ell
  • By Ell · New reply October 23, 2009
  • 17 replies
  • Hi All, Just wondering, is coffee bad for us? I love to have a cup in the morning and sometimes two. Do you think it is unhealthy or will contribute to a recurrance? I'm doing my best to eat well, but ...

Dog at My Feet, Kitten on My Shoulder, Surgery on Tuesday

kibbitzqueen
  • By kibbitzqueen · New reply October 21, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • Dog at My Feet, Kitten on my Shoulder, Surgery on Tuesday I wonder if my critters know something I don't know. Hmm... Maggie Mae (my little girl for years now my 'Old Lady') has been sticking pretty close ...

Anxious after mammogram

christinem1968
  • By christinem1968 · New reply October 20, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • Its been a while since I've felt this anxious. I had my 1st mammogram last Tuesday. Wasn't at all what I thought it would. It was a little uncomfortable. However- the technician told me that the radiologist ...

Discount Prescription Card

kibbitzqueen
  • By kibbitzqueen · Posted October 18, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • If you don't have any prescription insurance, you can use this card for discounts. The website is a LITTLE cumbersome with clicking 'NO' to all the offers but it's only about 3 pages.. perhaps 30 'No's ...

OCNA: @JanetJackson ABC Special with Janet Jackson tonight at 10:00pm EST http://www.ovariancancer.org/2009/11/18/abc-special-with-janet-jackson/

OCNA: You are invited to our Virtual Holiday Dinner Party! http://www.ovariancancer.org/party/

OCNA: We want to serve our community better. Please help us by taking a quick moment to fill out this survey. Thanks! http://tinyurl.com/yg634a4

OCNA: Kathy Bates opens up about her struggle with ovarian cancer (The Commercial Appeal) ... http://tinyurl.com/yj72xa5

OCNA: Nov.16 ice-skating show! Look for us at our booth as we continue to raise awareness of ovarian cancer Get tixs http://tinyurl.com/yf72hkm

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