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Ovarian Cancer

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Ovarian Cancer Discussions

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somebody help me
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mom has ovarian cancer stage 4,  left uterer blocked by tumor, must have dialysis 3 times a week and radiation 5 times week, she is very ill and in the hos...
203/16/07 Message Rating
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personality changes
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Is it common for the radical surgery and chemotherapy regimine that advance ovarian cancer patients endure, to produce profound personality changes in the patie...
103/15/07 Message Rating
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something is wrong?
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    I've known something has been wrong for sometime now. I have the worst periods sometimes I pass clots almost the size of my fist. It'...
1503/14/07 Message Rating
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Treatments
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Hi.  My sister has Stage III recurrent serous papilliary ovarian cancer.She is on her 3rd year of treatment and the cancer is still there.Is there any...
203/12/07 Message Rating
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ovarian cancer
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I was diagnosed with ovarian stage III May of last year, had surgery and it had spread, I've gone through chemo treatments of carboplatin and taxol and fini...
703/09/07 Message Rating
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don't know what to think!
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hi everyone..i hope everyone is well!!  god bless everyone!!  what brought me here today is i went and seen my doctor today..  i was supposed to ...
103/08/07 Message Rating
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Top of her head
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Did anyone have redness on the top of the head after losing hair ??
003/05/07 Message Rating
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RADIOTHERAPY SIDE EFFECTS
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witchdoctor, thank you so much for your response of 25/02/07, to powerwalker message. you raised a few points, which i have tried to address. my wife had treatm...
003/02/07 Message Rating
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Am I just being silly
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Ok I went for my usualy check up and the OBGYN said I was fine.I went to my regular doctor and they found blood in my urine and I have been looking into the sym...
102/27/07 Message Rating
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I have lost hope. Anything opt...
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Dear all,First of all I want to wish all people no matter in which position (patient, family...) a lot of strength hope and above all health. I t's the...
1202/26/07 Message Rating
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Chemo Combo in 3rd Round
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My mom has recurrent ovarian cancer and has become platnium resistent. She will begin a new combo chemo and I was wondering what type of side effects to expect....
002/26/07 Message Rating
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concerned
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I have had abdominal pain since Oct'06.  I had a CT scan a few weeks back that showed a "bulky ovary".  My doctor has ignored it because...
502/20/07 Message Rating
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chemo
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My wife just had her first chemo she has to do it 6 times every 3rd week !!she is just starting to lose her hair 2 week ,after her 6th time how long till her ha...
602/20/07 Message Rating
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chemo
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My wife just had her first chemo she has to do it 6 times every 3rd week !!she is just starting to lose her hair 2 week ,after her 6th time how long till her ha...
002/20/07 Message Rating
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Prozac and Chemotherapy
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Just wondered if anyone knows if chemo (specifically Carboplatin) will affect the effectiveness of Prozac?  Thanks, Karen
302/19/07 Message Rating
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New to this site
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Hi every one, I have just discovered this site and quite touched by some of the messages I have read and by the wonderful warm response they receive. I and my f...
402/18/07 Message Rating
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Colostomy
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I had to have a colostomy about 3 months ago, due to a metastisized tumor into my colon/rectum area. About 3 weeks ago, I noticed a knot around the colostomy si...
202/16/07 Message Rating
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recurring cancer and treatment...
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I was diagnosed 4 years ago,  had hysterectomy and 6 months of carbo-taxol chemo.   Lasted two years before recurrence.  Another 6 months of...
102/15/07 Message Rating
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What to expect?
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Just today my mother was told she has ovarian cancer stage 4 she is 41 years old! She has a mass in the right ovary about the size of a golf ball 7cm by 5 cm! I...
1102/12/07 Rated by 2 members
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Fertility treatments
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I have a dear friend who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer 3 years ago, and is now facing recurrance. She went through fertility treatments to get pregnant 8 y...
102/11/07 Message Rating
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Hey
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I am sorry I haven't been on much but we lost mom on December 14th and I haven't even been able to think much and it just seems hard to even go on somet...
102/11/07 Message Rating
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Juvenile Granulosa Cell Tumor
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Hi everyone.  I just want to talk a little about my case.  I am 19 years old and yesterday I f received my pathology reports from my surgery.  My...
102/10/07 Message Rating
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hard lump in pelvic area/CT sc...
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Hi everyone, I am in remission from stage 3c Ovarian Cancer, 6 years post surgery and chemo, disease free, with consistently low CA 125's. (Last CA 125 take...
102/09/07 Message Rating
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Husband Loosing It! 2/...
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Husband Loosing It!                        &n...
502/06/07 Message Rating
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Off Doxil and not sure if shou...
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I'm 56 y.o. diagnosed in '04 with Stage 1C ovarian cancer.  After 18 months, it recurred and have had 5 treatments of Doxil Carboplatin.  My d...
102/06/07 Message Rating
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