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Anti-cancer diets

I have noticed that quite often people recommend following a certain diet or eating certain types of food because they have anti-cancer properties. Does...

I have noticed that quite often people recommend following a certain diet or eat...

cathysal

•12 years ago

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Anyone had problems with headaches?

Has anyone been suffering with headaches while in remission?Last chemo 31st August 2011.Mine have been going on for weeks now,everyday,always in the same...

Has anyone been suffering with headaches while in remission?Last chemo 31st Augu...

suzieque

•12 years ago

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Fistula

I've been told that I may have a fistula between the vagina and small intestine and will learn more tomorrow. Has anyone else had one of these or any...

I've been told that I may have a fistula between the vagina and small intestine ...

Mary

•12 years ago

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Is it likely that taking aspirin may help families with BRCA2 gene mutation?

Hi All, I have been watching the news and see that taking aspirin is likely to help people with a history of bowel cancer. I had breast cancer at the age...

Hi All, I have been watching the news and see that taking aspirin is likely to...

Chez

•12 years ago

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what are the chances of OC coming back ??

im 6 months clear an i just wanna no what r the chances of my cancer coming back ?

im 6 months clear an i just wanna no what r the chances of my cancer coming back...

charlie-busby20

•12 years ago

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AHCC

Hi...anybody know anything about AHCC? Have been going to 'The Healing Journey' in Clapham which I would really recommend.....and trying to start afresh with...

Hi...anybody know anything about AHCC? Have been going to 'The Healing Journey'...

FlorenceW

•12 years ago

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well im new to this !

hey all im new to overcome im a few months post op now an wish to do something useful with my time an try an help young women with this form of cancer...

hey all im new to overcome im a few months post op now an wish to do somethi...

charlie-busby20

•12 years ago

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Stage 1 T1A concerns and ovary regeneration.

Hi All, I had a stage 1 T1A borderline tumour removed along with my right ovary in early 2006. I have recently been having recurring symptoms and after...

Hi All, I had a stage 1 T1A borderline tumour removed along with my right ovar...

Fireycat

•13 years ago

3 Replies

Help Im poorly again update

Hi everyone just an update on my condition I wrote last week and had really good support from this site. I got worse and by Monday the GP had me as an...

Hi everyone just an update on my condition I wrote last week and had really good...

lucy1dog

•13 years ago

11 Replies

Carboplatin and joint pain

Apologies for kind of asking this question again - but has anyone else had joint and tendon pain after having carboplatin. I am 12 weeks after finishing my...

Apologies for kind of asking this question again - but has anyone else had joint...

Eleni

•13 years ago

14 Replies

Had 5th chemo one week ago today after a break of 3 months. Now having extreme breathlessness - is this normal? Feel rubbish!

BuntyB

•13 years ago

1 Reply

Can anyone help me with this acid reflux since being on CAELYX chemo just had 3rd and the acid is awful didnt happen on Carb or Taxol ????

marjorie

•13 years ago

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why doctors advise for 6 sessions chemo and not more for ccoc ?

please could any one inform me why doctors suggests to make only 6 session of chemo for clear cell adenocarcinoma of the ovary and not more sessions 7 , 8 , 9...

please could any one inform me why doctors suggests to make only 6 session of c...

TAROUZA

•13 years ago

1 Reply

I've had a ca125 and awaiting a transabdominal uss after being told that the structure of a cyst doesn't look normal

I began my symptoms between may and Sept 2011, absent periods, fullness, distended abdomen, tiredness, constant back pain. I went to my gp and was referred for...

I began my symptoms between may and Sept 2011, absent periods, fullness, distend...

sarahmo3

•13 years ago

1 Reply

bicarbonate of soda for lung infection. Has anyone heard of taking bicarbonate of soda for lung infection/ fungus / cancer please.

judy24

•13 years ago

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New tumour, another op? Very scared!

My new tumour is on the site of a post operative abscess afte my debulking op in 2010. I am seeing the gynae surgeon a week on Thurs to discuss another op as...

My new tumour is on the site of a post operative abscess afte my debulking op i...

MargaretJ

•13 years ago

11 Replies

Ladies with reoccurrance

i was wondering what symptoms anyone has had if they have had a recurrance. I was told by my oncologist that I would tell him if it was back. I had a ca125...

i was wondering what symptoms anyone has had if they have had a recurrance. I ...

trolleydollyuk

•13 years ago

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Two days since the news - I need guidance on how to start the fight back

Two days ago my world changed.......I had my ovary removed as part of a separate surgery and the biopsy confirmed that I had a 1C clear cell tumour. Post...

Two days ago my world changed.......I had my ovary removed as part of a separate...

bells

•13 years ago

6 Replies

Do people normally have a scan before restarting on chemo?

Or would an oncologist decide to restart chemo on a patient's description of symptoms alone and the feel of their stomach.

Or would an oncologist decide to restart chemo on a patient's description of sym...

cathysal

•13 years ago

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Been diagnosed with clear cell carcinoma Stage 1, grade 3.

2 weeks ago, I had surgery to remove a chocolate cyst. During that surgery my gynae also removed the right ovary as she wasn't too happy with how it looked....

2 weeks ago, I had surgery to remove a chocolate cyst. During that surgery my g...

bells

•13 years ago

1 Reply

Taken worng dosage of chemo tablets

Please could one of the ovacome nurses advise as I have been taking 'one' treosulfin for last 24 hours instead of the 'two' as prescribed three times a day....

Please could one of the ovacome nurses advise as I have been taking 'one' treosu...

Coco

•13 years ago

1 Reply

what is the rate of reaccurance of OC?

Its one of those questions i'm not sure i want the answer to but still wanted to ask

Its one of those questions i'm not sure i want the answer to but still wanted to...

Debs86

•13 years ago

11 Replies

chemotherapy adominal washing

Hi everyone Has anyone one ever had or heard of a chemotheapy abdominal washing while having there Hysterectomy for O.C, its to get rid of any cancer cells...

Hi everyone Has anyone one ever had or heard of a chemotheapy abdominal wash...

Sarah23

•13 years ago

8 Replies

Looking for support and encouragement

My mum was diagnosed with cancer in July this year after a lifetime of good health; she had never had surgery or been in hospital apart from my birth. She...

My mum was diagnosed with cancer in July this year after a lifetime of good heal...

Hidden

•13 years ago

7 Replies

What other treatments are available?

I've just come for my 5th treatment of carboplatin and I've been told that my CA125 had leveled out and that I need a CT scan to see what's going on. When I...

I've just come for my 5th treatment of carboplatin and I've been told that my CA...

ScardyCat40

•13 years ago

6 Replies

Udder Cream again!

Thanks to Meryl for originally suggesting this. I now have some and slept in my sexy moisture socks last night with my feet covered in this cream. They are...

Thanks to Meryl for originally suggesting this. I now have some and slept in my ...

Eleni

•13 years ago

2 Replies

Any one else from York or area interested in getting together?

MargaretJ

•13 years ago

6 Replies

How do I find out if there is an ovacome group local to me?

Hidden

•13 years ago

2 Replies

I need some advice, please! I look pregnant but I'm not!

I have over the last couple of years put weight on JUST around my tummy. I have been asked so many times when baby number 3 is due that I'm not only being...

I have over the last couple of years put weight on JUST around my tummy. I have ...

emandedmum

•13 years ago

13 Replies

tummy lump

Hi everyone, I was just wondering if anyone pressed on their tummy and felt their tumour? before they got it dignosed? and how big would the lump be by the...

Hi everyone, I was just wondering if anyone pressed on their tummy and felt the...

Sarah23

•13 years ago

6 Replies

Posts - My Ovacome | HealthUnlocked

My Ovacome

All posts for October 2011

Anti-cancer diets

Anyone had problems with headaches?

Fistula

Is it likely that taking aspirin may help families with BRCA2 gene mutation?

what are the chances of OC coming back ??

AHCC

well im new to this !

Stage 1 T1A concerns and ovary regeneration.

Help Im poorly again update

Carboplatin and joint pain

Had 5th chemo one week ago today after a break of 3 months. Now having extreme breathlessness - is this normal? Feel rubbish!

Can anyone help me with this acid reflux since being on CAELYX chemo just had 3rd and the acid is awful didnt happen on Carb or Taxol ????

why doctors advise for 6 sessions chemo and not more for ccoc ?

I've had a ca125 and awaiting a transabdominal uss after being told that the structure of a cyst doesn't look normal

bicarbonate of soda for lung infection. Has anyone heard of taking bicarbonate of soda for lung infection/ fungus / cancer please.

New tumour, another op? Very scared!

Ladies with reoccurrance

Two days since the news - I need guidance on how to start the fight back

Do people normally have a scan before restarting on chemo?

Been diagnosed with clear cell carcinoma Stage 1, grade 3.

Taken worng dosage of chemo tablets

what is the rate of reaccurance of OC?

chemotherapy adominal washing

Looking for support and encouragement

What other treatments are available?

Udder Cream again!

Any one else from York or area interested in getting together?

How do I find out if there is an ovacome group local to me?

I need some advice, please! I look pregnant but I'm not!

tummy lump

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