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Docusate in oral solution

Hospital sent me home with this as tablets not available. I tried one mouthful and it excoriated my tongue and throat as if I'd poured acid down my throat....

Hospital sent me home with this as tablets not available. I tried one mouthful a...

candyapplegrey

•3 years ago

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Online talks, workshops and groups with Ovacome this week

Hello This is to let you know about the online events on our programme this week. Gentle home exercise class - Tuesday 8 December, 2-3pm...

Hello This is to let you know about the online events on our programme this week...

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Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer Survival Stories

Hello, everyone, My name is Milena and my mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer stage 4. I would like to share her story as a positive example and I really...

Hello, everyone, My name is Milena and my mother was diagnosed with ovarian canc...

Uniquem

•3 years ago

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Genetic sequencing

I posted recently that my oncologist had suggested genetic sequencing at my recent telephone appointment. Last week I went in to Addenbrookes to see another...

I posted recently that my oncologist had suggested genetic sequencing at my rece...

Di16

•3 years ago

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Information on ‘peritoneal stranding’ from ovarian cancer treatment

Peritoneal stranding

RoseMS

•3 years ago

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Need Travel insurance to Europe next year any recommendation s ?

Hi have PPC stage 4 and I'm in remission. Planning a holiday in Crete next year. Not sure where I can find the best and most reasonable travel insurance....

Hi have PPC stage 4 and I'm in remission. Planning a holiday in Crete next yea...

Rhonddalady

•3 years ago

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Continuing weekly taxol

Hope someone has some advice for me. I’ve had 18 weekly sessions of taxol and Avastin. My oncologist is giving me the option to continue the taxol or...

Hope someone has some advice for me. I’ve had 18 weekly sessions of taxol and Av...

dramaredgerbil

•3 years ago

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The Big Give Christmas Challenge: Thank you!

Hello Thank you so much to everyone who donated during the Big Give Christmas Challenge. Together you have raised an incredible £20,000 and helped us reach our...

Hello Thank you so much to everyone who donated during the Big Give Christmas Ch...

TheOvacomeTeam

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Bit random.

Bit random ,my grandson is doing a college assignment on the side effects of steroids and what can be done to counteract them, he can't find much information ,...

Bit random ,my grandson is doing a college assignment on the side effects of ste...

fendweller

•3 years ago

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Upset and exasperated

Hi. I am so upset, that I just have to get it out. When I spoke to my oncologist eight days ago, he said that he would be reducing my chemo strength as my...

Hi. I am so upset, that I just have to get it out. When I spoke to my oncologist...

27-359

•3 years ago

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A Delay Too Long?

I am due to have my last chemo an the fourth of January, then after a scan, have an appointment with my onc to discuss going on a PARP. The thing is, I thought...

I am due to have my last chemo an the fourth of January, then after a scan, have...

27-359

•3 years ago

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Peritoneal cancer

I have just had my first chemo for peritoneal cancer stage 4. How's wondering how much I should isolate from friends and family due to risk of infection. Can...

I have just had my first chemo for peritoneal cancer stage 4. How's wondering h...

Maria56

•3 years ago

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Neuropathy

Hi Ladies, I have had my 4th chemo of Carboplatin and paclitaxel last week. During the 3 chemos, numbness, tingling in hands and feet was not too bad and...

Hi Ladies, I have had my 4th chemo of Carboplatin and paclitaxel last week. Du...

Dubai18

•3 years ago

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OC that has spread to the pleura

So a recent ct scan shows that there are tumors on the pleura around my lungs. I have MPE (Malignant Pleura Effusions) and have for some time now. I am...

So a recent ct scan shows that there are tumors on the pleura around my lungs. ...

Superkim

•3 years ago

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Do external ultrasound scans (and those who interpret them) often miss early gynaecological cancers and endometriosis?

Do external ultrasound scans (and those who interpret them) often miss early gynaecological cancers and endometriosis? The gynae doc (not oncology or endo...

Do external ultrasound scans (and those who interpret them) often miss early gyn...

Hidden

•3 years ago

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The Big Give Christmas Challenge

Hello We are three quarters of the way to our £40,000 target! Can you help us get there? Donations made to Ovacome via the link below will be DOUBLED, at no...

Hello We are three quarters of the way to our £40,000 target! Can you help us ge...

TheOvacomeTeam

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Has anyone been told at chemo 5 that may need more than 6 chemos??

Hi ladies Today I saw my oncologist during my chemo 5 The plan was for me 3 cycles of taxol carbo platin Surgery Then 3 more cycles of carbobtaxol Well...

Hi ladies Today I saw my oncologist during my chemo 5 The plan was for me 3 c...

Supermary

•3 years ago

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Sudden Sadness

I was diagnosed with ovarian CA 18 months ago. It actually was more serious than that as my ovaries and fallopian tubes had been removed years earlier due to...

I was diagnosed with ovarian CA 18 months ago. It actually was more serious than...

Jenjill47

•3 years ago

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In focus: support - support groups

Hello, everyone This month in our ‘Health in Focus’ posts, we’ll be looking at some of the different kinds of support available if you or a loved one are...

Hello, everyone This month in our ‘Health in Focus’ posts, we’ll be looking at s...

OvacomeSupport

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Breathlessness while on Ibrance Letrozole combination

I was diagnosed Stage 1V Metastatic Breast cancer nets to the lungs , lymph nodes in base of neck and spot on spine in July 2019 after 7 years cancer free from...

I was diagnosed Stage 1V Metastatic Breast cancer nets to the lungs , lymph node...

7982

•3 years ago

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Niraparib up- date.

Dear Ladies, Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of you who replied to my post yesterday. It has been such a relief to know I was not the only one...

Dear Ladies, Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of you who replied to...

Litchick

•3 years ago

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The Big Give 2020: help Ovacome 1-8 December and have your donation doubled

Hello The Big Give Christmas Challenge has begun! From now until 12 noon on Tuesday 8th December all donations made to Ovacome using the link below will be...

Hello The Big Give Christmas Challenge has begun! From now until 12 noon on Tues...

TheOvacomeTeam

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Niraparib Heart Rate

Hello ladies, I hope you are all as well as you can be today. I’m wondering if anyone on here has experienced elevated and sometimes irregular heart beat on...

Hello ladies, I hope you are all as well as you can be today. I’m wondering if a...

Litchick

•3 years ago

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Government Vitamin D

Hi. The clinically vulnerable are being offered free vitamin D for 4 months. The Government email I received today says you have to opt IN to get them....

Hi. The clinically vulnerable are being offered free vitamin D for 4 months. The...

BanksiaRose

•3 years ago

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My Ovacome

All posts for December 2020

Docusate in oral solution

Online talks, workshops and groups with Ovacome this week

Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer Survival Stories

Genetic sequencing

Information on ‘peritoneal stranding’ from ovarian cancer treatment

Need Travel insurance to Europe next year any recommendation s ?

Continuing weekly taxol

The Big Give Christmas Challenge: Thank you!

Bit random.

Upset and exasperated

A Delay Too Long?

Peritoneal cancer

Neuropathy

OC that has spread to the pleura

Do external ultrasound scans (and those who interpret them) often miss early gynaecological cancers and endometriosis?

The Big Give Christmas Challenge

Has anyone been told at chemo 5 that may need more than 6 chemos??

Sudden Sadness

In focus: support - support groups

Breathlessness while on Ibrance Letrozole combination

Niraparib up- date.

The Big Give 2020: help Ovacome 1-8 December and have your donation doubled

Niraparib Heart Rate

Government Vitamin D

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