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gene links

Does anyone know if prostate cancer is linked with ov cancer in the braca gene mutations with close relatives/ Sue

Does anyone know if prostate cancer is linked with ov cancer in the braca gene m...

Hidden

•12 years ago

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Cancer does not like oxygen but loves sugar.

Hi everyone , after reading other blogs about health supplements and diet it made me remember what I was told when I was first...

Hi everyone , after reading other blogs about health s...

TinaWright

•12 years ago

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Can worsening inter menstrual bleeding have anything to do with OC

Desperately looking for advice. Have asked a question on this site before and the response was so helpful I had hoped I could tap into your wealth of...

Desperately looking for advice. Have asked a question on this site before and th...

gromit

•12 years ago

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My daughter's MRI scan results

Hello lovely ladies, Thank you so much for your support. We got the scan results today. The Oncologist said, "the results were difficult to interpret...

Hello lovely ladies, Thank you so much for your support. We got the scan ...

Honey3

•12 years ago

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How long will oc stay away

I have just come back from seeing my onc. I am on second line chemo 4th cycle good news ca125 is now down from 4000 to 102 and scan show disease is responding...

I have just come back from seeing my onc. I am on second line chemo 4th cycle go...

nikki9

•12 years ago

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URGENT advice needed

We have just had devastating news that my wife’s oc has now spread to her lungs and liver. This is after nearly 6 months on Topotecan. Last year she was on...

We have just had devastating news that my wife’s oc has now spread to her lungs ...

JackiesTrev

•12 years ago

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Hair cut

Well this is my last weekend with long hair. On Monday morning I am having it cut short as its all going to fall out after the next chemo session. I am...

Well this is my last weekend with long hair. On Monday morning I am having it cu...

doreenharwood

•12 years ago

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Lung Clot how long for breathlessness to settle

Hi i know that some of you have been in the same situation with lung clot . I have been taking daily injections but still get a little breathless on exertion...

Hi i know that some of you have been in the same situation with lung clot . I ha...

iamstillme

•12 years ago

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Hi everyone - has anyone out there taken part in the PETROC trial? If so, I was wondering how it went and what side effects there were.

I have just finished 4 cycles of carbo-taxol and have date for surgery early in July. As long as the surgery goes well enough, i shall be randomised to one of...

I have just finished 4 cycles of carbo-taxol and have date for surgery early in ...

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•12 years ago

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Recurrent Platinum sensitive ovarian cancer

Do you have recurrent platinum sensitive ovarian cancer? May 2012 Please note that the interviewers have sufficient people to talk to for...

Do you have recurrent platinum sensitive ovarian cancer? May 2012 ...

RuthPOvacome

•12 years ago

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The back of the dress

As promised...

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•12 years ago

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Coronation Dress

This might be a little light relief for some of you who are going through a tough time at the minute. Our local festival is on this week and the Historical...

This might be a little light relief for some of you who are going through a toug...

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•12 years ago

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Another little poem

Cancer cancer go away I need to live another day I must fight, I must be brave If my life I am to save The chemo torture I will endure If it...

Cancer cancer go away I need to live another day I must fight, I must be b...

GeorgeSuffolk

•12 years ago

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1 st Chemo Done

Well I have finally had my 1st Chemo yesterday and after all the worry and bad thoughts I had it was ok. The time went quite quickley although I was there for...

Well I have finally had my 1st Chemo yesterday and after all the worry and bad t...

doreenharwood

•12 years ago

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Bad news today

Went for scan results today to see if my second line chemo is working, unfortunately it is not and it was apparently their best hope of giving me a little...

Went for scan results today to see if my second line chemo is working, unfortuna...

GeorgeSuffolk

•12 years ago

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Decisions about chemotherapy

Hi this the first time I have written a blog, so I apologise if it is a bit long!. My mother(aged 76 (normally quite fit and young for her age!) has recently...

Hi this the first time I have written a blog, so I apologise if it is a bit long...

mandipandi

•12 years ago

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Does anyone know if I'll be able to get travel insurance for a flight while on 3 weekly maintenance chemo of Avastin?

Consultant is happy for me to fly.

LizK

•12 years ago

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Treatment number 6 today

Just quickly checking in to let you know , ca125 results up again slightly but have decided to have the last treatment.See my oncologist in 3 or 4 weeks...

Just quickly checking in to let you know , ca125 results up again slightly but ...

julie93

•12 years ago

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Dream

Woke up this morning after a lovely dream. I dreamt I was in bed and there were 5 white angles standing round me praying. If you are one of those ladies that...

Woke up this morning after a lovely dream. I dreamt I was in bed and there were ...

doreenharwood

•12 years ago

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Update on parp inhibitor treatment - good news!

Great day today. Three months on parp inhibitor. All disease has now shrunk by 78% and CA125 down to 10! It's absolutely incredible.

Great day today. Three months on parp inhibitor. All disease has now shrunk by 7...

Hidden

•12 years ago

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Has anyone experienced pain in the lower back which wakes them up. makes them think they need to empty their bowel and then can't go?

My daughter's scan results are looming large - we see the oncologist on Friday. As I said in my last post, she has not been feeling good at all. it now...

My daughter's scan results are looming large - we see the oncologist on Friday. ...

Honey3

•12 years ago

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Live your lives.

Yesterday a very dear friend died of uterine cancer. At first I wept. Then I remembered how cross she would have been with me! She like Lizzie was a true...

Yesterday a very dear friend died of uterine cancer. At first I wept. Then I rem...

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•12 years ago

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Second opinion and poetry

Hi Ladies, I am in my first remission folllowing chemo and op, and asked my Oncologist about maintenance therapies to prolong remission. He said there...

Hi Ladies, I am in my first remission folllowing chemo and op, and asked my O...

SueLR

•12 years ago

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Fantastic Chemo Response - Was it the Curcumin?

My wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in Sept '11. She had a laparotomy and her ovaries, tubes, womb & omentum were removed together with "kilograms" of...

My wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in Sept '11. She had a laparotomy and ...

plum

•12 years ago

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Anyone experienced a late (7 years) recurrence of OC in chest?

I had OC in 2005, and had a hysterectomy and chemo...with successful remission until May this year when the CA125 went up to 39 this kick started scans which...

I had OC in 2005, and had a hysterectomy and chemo...with successful remission u...

dianeb

•12 years ago

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Anyone had pelvic problems years after dealing with ovarian cancer?

Hi - I had ovarian cancer 20yrs ago and had uterus and ovaries removed, followed by six months of chemo. All has been well apart from some stomach problems...

Hi - I had ovarian cancer 20yrs ago and had uterus and ovaries removed, followed...

MedicalSceptic

•12 years ago

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C125 results

Hi I got my results for my C 125 tests and they say it is 2700 this seems so high to me I have not yet started treatment. My chemo starts on Wednesday 20th ....

Hi I got my results for my C 125 tests and they say it is 2700 this seems so hig...

doreenharwood

•12 years ago

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I have recently had a hysterectomy and had my ovaries removed, my GP says that ladycare magnet is no use to me

He says the reason being that I did not go into the menopause naturally,also says that if I do not take HRT I increase my risk of developing Osteoporosist. I...

He says the reason being that I did not go into the menopause naturally,also say...

marlyn50

•12 years ago

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Chemo

Hate the time before starting new chemo. Always the unknown How will I cope Will I be ok Will this one buy me some more time Still glad that I can still...

Hate the time before starting new chemo. Always the unknown How will I cope W...

Hidden

•12 years ago

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Would be very interested to know if anyone has had luck with gemcitabine/carbo after only a 4 month break from a carbo tratment.Thanks

nandi

•12 years ago

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Posts - My Ovacome | HealthUnlocked

My Ovacome

All posts for June 2012

gene links

Cancer does not like oxygen but loves sugar.

Can worsening inter menstrual bleeding have anything to do with OC

My daughter's MRI scan results

How long will oc stay away

URGENT advice needed

Hair cut

Lung Clot how long for breathlessness to settle

Hi everyone - has anyone out there taken part in the PETROC trial? If so, I was wondering how it went and what side effects there were.

Recurrent Platinum sensitive ovarian cancer

The back of the dress

Coronation Dress

Another little poem

1 st Chemo Done

Bad news today

Decisions about chemotherapy

Does anyone know if I'll be able to get travel insurance for a flight while on 3 weekly maintenance chemo of Avastin?

Treatment number 6 today

Dream

Update on parp inhibitor treatment - good news!

Has anyone experienced pain in the lower back which wakes them up. makes them think they need to empty their bowel and then can't go?

Live your lives.

Second opinion and poetry

Fantastic Chemo Response - Was it the Curcumin?

Anyone experienced a late (7 years) recurrence of OC in chest?

Anyone had pelvic problems years after dealing with ovarian cancer?

C125 results

I have recently had a hysterectomy and had my ovaries removed, my GP says that ladycare magnet is no use to me

Chemo

Would be very interested to know if anyone has had luck with gemcitabine/carbo after only a 4 month break from a carbo tratment.Thanks

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