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Topotecan

thewishmaker
  • By thewishmaker · New reply 11:14 am
  • Discussion in Side effects of treatment · 5 replies
  • I would like to talk with anyone who has had this course of chemo. Topotecan/Carboplatin ...

Concerned

CindyV
  • By CindyV · New reply 11:09 am
  • Discussion in What, me worry? · 7 replies
  • We are a little concerned now about my aunt. For a long time she's been suffering from constipation and other stomach problems. The doctors kept telling her this is "normal and nothing to be concerned ...

Crying

Kaylouise28xx
  • By Kaylouise28xx · New reply 11:03 am
  • Discussion in Side effects of treatment · 1 reply
  • Help! Ive since had my third hit of carbo taxol yesterday (half way through yey) but i suffer from terrible crying for days after the treatment, has anyone else suffered this side effect, i cryed for ...

Hello there!

wolfi
  • By wolfi · New reply 10:57 am
  • Discussion in Survivor stories · 21 replies
  • Always hope my friends. I am going on 13 years now. Stg. 4. No recurrence to date ...

New feature: video!

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply 10:36 am
  • Journal · 19 replies
  • I am pleased to announce that we have updated Inspire to support video. You can now share a video of yourself, videos that you find inspirational or informative, and more. I've included one of myself ...

Rising CA 125 negative PET scans

Luckyx4
  • By Luckyx4 · New reply 10:22 am
  • Discussion in Recurrence · 9 replies
  • Hi l'm Lucky and live in the uk. l have had Cancer 4 times My first cancer was breast cancer with axillary node involvement. l had a radical mastectomy followed by six courses of chemo and 28 years later ...

Weekly Tweety Update

Jonesnest
  • By Jonesnest · Posted 10:06 am
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hello Everyone. This past week has been a rough week for Tweety. She has been very ill with stomach problems and has been having more trouble getting around the house by herself. Yesterday, she was finally ...

what's next?

13thchild
  • By 13thchild · New reply 7:29 am
  • Discussion in What, me worry? · 5 replies
  • Hello everyone, it has been a long time since I wrote here on this site. I am 46 and was diagnoised in the last months of 2004. I had the standard treatment of taxol and carbo treatments. 22 months later ...

Pine Street Foundation newsletter on ovca

MarthaMcQ
  • By MarthaMcQ · New reply 6:42 am
  • Discussion in Research · 4 replies
  • You can read the Autumn/Winter edition of the Pine Street Foundation newsletter online. The topic this time is Ovarian Cancer, Chemotherapy and Antioxidants. Go to www.pinestreetfoundation.org/ Hope everyone ...

Slow-Rising CA125

Susan5
  • By Susan5 · New reply yesterday at 10:02 pm
  • Discussion in Recurrence · 22 replies
  • Anyone had experience with a slow rising CA125? Last IP/IV chemo June06; ca125s been 6-8s for 2 yrs; all 6 week intervals; then 17 & 4wks later 21.... I'm a bit scared! Everything I read says if it begins ...

Results

teresam78
  • By teresam78 · New reply yesterday at 6:07 pm
  • Discussion in Good news · 3 replies
  • Hi everyone! Just to let you know that I had my appointment today with the Oncologist she has decided that I am not going to do anymore chemo and my CT scan was clear. CA-125 is at 10. YAY!! I now will ...

Tough Times All Around

J-lopez
  • By J-lopez · New reply yesterday at 5:58 pm
  • Discussion in Financial and insurance issues · 4 replies
  • I am 50 years old. June of 2008 I was diagnosed with stage 2 Ovarian Cancer, my CA125 level went back to normal after my surgery. I am just about to have my 5th round of my six chemo treatments. My outlook ...

Port removal

verlinda
  • By verlinda · New reply yesterday at 5:38 pm
  • Discussion in Treatment · 27 replies
  • Has anyone had a clavicle (upper chest wall) port removed under local anesthesia after it's been in at least a year? My oncologist told me this is an easy procedure, and that they do this in the office ...

Cyberknife possiblity for recurrence

Susan5
  • By Susan5 · New reply yesterday at 12:12 pm
  • Discussion in Recurrence · 4 replies
  • Hey Guys: Blessings to all of you doing treatments, etc... My CA125 -which has been rising since May -was 96 2wks ago -took another yesterday & will get results at GYNs office tomorrow. Met with chemo ...

Lymph Node Involvement ?????

youngmom
  • By youngmom · New reply yesterday at 10:21 am
  • Discussion in Research · 13 replies
  • When I was diagnosed in October 2007 as stage IIIC, I was told I was IIIC because one of my pelvic lymph nodes tested positive. I apparently did not have any other large cancer ( or large volume for that ...

Staying positive with so much negativity!

sarahelizmorton
  • By sarahelizmorton · New reply yesterday at 3:58 am
  • Discussion in What, me worry? · 1 reply
  • How do you stay positive when everything is so negative? Besides the fact that I have ovarian cancer growing in me and they can't find a way to stop it right now, I am a very healthy and active individual ...

My journey, Second Opinion, New York

sarahelizmorton
  • By sarahelizmorton · New reply yesterday at 12:11 am
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • We had a good appointment with Sloan-Kettering Dr. Jason Konner & Dr. Jae Park (Fellow) – We met with both doctors for a long time on Wednesday. They were both very nice and supportive. Dr. Konner reviewed ...

In need of hearing about getting pregnant after ovarian cancer

piper_80
  • By piper_80 · New reply yesterday at 12:03 am
  • Discussion in Young survivors · 17 replies
  • I am 27 and I had exploratory surgery back in March of 2008. In the surgery they found a borderline serous (sp?) tumor on my left ovary and removed both the tumor and ovary. My onocologist said I can ...

Insurance denial of hospital stay

LifeIsGood
  • By LifeIsGood · New reply November 18, 2008
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • I just wanted to post that BCBS of GA finally overturned their denial of my last day in the hospital because of a clause in the contract. The clause states that if I used a preferred provider and hospital ...

Ovarian cysts

laya
  • By laya · New reply November 18, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • I am 20 years old and i have ovarian cysts. Ive had them since i was 17 years old. just recently i have been having so much pain during my ovualtion time. I feel so much pressure and pain on my ovaries ...

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