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Upcoming surgery

Hello All I've got my surgery coming up in a few weeks time. While I'm looking forward to it being over, I am feeling a bit scared I have to say. Is it that...

Hello All I've got my surgery coming up in a few weeks time. While I'm looking f...

phia

•9 years ago

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Hair loss and pimples on head!

Hi all, My hair has almost completely gone again after 2nd session of chemo last Thursday, and this time, my head is covered in small little pimples!! They're...

Hi all, My hair has almost completely gone again after 2nd session of chemo las...

Hidden

•9 years ago

4 Replies

Omentum cancer

Has anyone had omentum cancer. Nothing found anywhere else as lymph nodes, erc

LadyBlueTC

•9 years ago

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Caelyx Side Effects

Hi Ladies, Can anyone recommend a cream or other remedy to alleviate the pain from sore hands and feet caused by Caelyx. The other side effects are awful but...

Hi Ladies, Can anyone recommend a cream or other remedy to alleviate the pain f...

Ruby49

•9 years ago

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Nodes in neck

I finished avastin in June this year and since finishing my CA125 is rising slowly now 52. I feel well but noticed some small nodes enlarged in my neck. Has...

I finished avastin in June this year and since finishing my CA125 is rising slow...

gailhay

•9 years ago

3 Replies

Happy weekend

Hi everyone, After reading all the posts regarding your exciting, and positive weekends, I thought I would add mine. Its certainly cheery to hear that some of...

Hi everyone, After reading all the posts regarding your exciting, and positive w...

caz54

•9 years ago

13 Replies

clinical trial

Dear friends I thought I'd let you know that I started the phase 1 trial into a new drug to cut off blood supply to the tumours at the Christie. Its very time...

Dear friends I thought I'd let you know that I started the phase 1 trial into a ...

francescahannah

•9 years ago

19 Replies

ESSIAC

Forgot to ask any of ye good ladies ever tried or heard of essiac tea ?

EilyEire

•9 years ago

3 Replies

Platelets low help

Only me bloods done to day platelets low from topotecan ,any suggestions to help push them back up, wondering would a few pints of Guinness help !!!!!!!!!!!...

Only me bloods done to day platelets low from topotecan ,any suggestions to help...

EilyEire

•9 years ago

10 Replies

Friday Positives

Well today is Friday and there is a definite BRRRR in the air here. Sleety showers etc. My daughter has headed to London to see the Coronas in concert and...

Well today is Friday and there is a definite BRRRR in the air here. Sleety showe...

Hidden

•9 years ago

16 Replies

Caelyx

Thought it was too good to be true, had my first Caelyx 6 days ago, was doing well then the sickness kicks in, headaches, loss of appetite, no energy. I'm...

Thought it was too good to be true, had my first Caelyx 6 days ago, was doing we...

Hidden

•9 years ago

26 Replies

Tumour Maker - CA 135?

Hi, I had my second chemo after surgery (6th carbo/taxol in total with Avastin now included) yesterday and as my bloods were so good, the onc decided not to...

Hi, I had my second chemo after surgery (6th carbo/taxol in total with Avastin ...

Hidden

•9 years ago

5 Replies

More chemo so soon?

Hello ladies, Could anyone tell me if they have had chemo very soon after finishing a different lot? I finished 2nd line chemo ( carbo/gem) in august and...

Hello ladies, Could anyone tell me if they have had chemo very soon after finish...

lisarm5

•9 years ago

5 Replies

Is it cancer?

My father in law has been feeling unwell for the past year, he's had an on off cough that won't go away, he says he doesn't feel right in himself and keeps...

My father in law has been feeling unwell for the past year, he's had an on off c...

Tink1978

•9 years ago

3 Replies

A little strange but I got to ask...........

For those of you that have had babies, I feel like a baby in moving in womb... or as my husband is insisting is it gas??? I was diagnosed with OC due to a...

For those of you that have had babies, I feel like a baby in moving in womb... o...

786Asma_believer_

•9 years ago

6 Replies

ca125

Hi, I have ovarian for five years, it came back last year,ca125 was 450 been on chemo, for past four months been 60 to seventy goes up alittle and down a...

Hi, I have ovarian for five years, it came back last year,ca125 was 450 been on...

rosebud12

•9 years ago

2 Replies

AVASTIN

Hi there, I am wondering if any of you have been on Avastin for longer than two years. I would be interested in the reason why it was stopped, ie funding or a...

Hi there, I am wondering if any of you have been on Avastin for longer than two ...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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Finally a bit of good news

On Friday I had my last session of chemotherapy. Yaaa!!! My CA125 was going up probably from an infection in my incision they think, but finally came down...

On Friday I had my last session of chemotherapy. Yaaa!!! My CA125 was going up...

remm43

•9 years ago

15 Replies

Glad to have found this forum

Hi everyone, Just introducing myself as a newbie, really. Have found lots of good advice here and am looking forward to chatting with more of you. I'm...

Hi everyone, Just introducing myself as a newbie, really. Have found lots of go...

Hitchmo

•9 years ago

31 Replies

Staying positive can be tough

Well I'm still here. diagnosed Feb 2014 stage 3c both ovaries. bit of a shock coz hadn't had a day off sick in 10 years! Debulk surgery April 2014 followed by...

Well I'm still here. diagnosed Feb 2014 stage 3c both ovaries. bit of a shock co...

RockChick54

•9 years ago

8 Replies

The Cancer Treatments Situation in Wales

The Wales Report ran an article last Wednesday on access to cancer treatments in Wales....

The Wales Report ran an article last Wednesday on access to cancer treatments in...

Whippit

•9 years ago

4 Replies

ORS

Does anyone know anything about Ovarian Remnant Syndrome? Have been researching this as a result of 3 months of mayhem at the hands of GP and various depths...

Does anyone know anything about Ovarian Remnant Syndrome? Have been researching...

Linham

•9 years ago

12 Replies

First Caelyx

Had my first Caelyx treatment today, not a great introduction to this drug as had a allergic reaction, couldn't breath very scared!! I couldn't fault the chemo...

Had my first Caelyx treatment today, not a great introduction to this drug as ha...

Hidden

•9 years ago

13 Replies

Another successful consult

I'm afraid I'm going to moan yet again.all visits to my onc are like something from a comedy.my daughter in law and I went in was asked how I was apart from my...

I'm afraid I'm going to moan yet again.all visits to my onc are like something f...

Strawberryfield

•9 years ago

6 Replies

Ovarian Cancer

I am 76 and enjoying my life even with cancer. Yes, I have had 9 side effects and I have been shaky and weepy at times but I keep telling myself only 2 more...

I am 76 and enjoying my life even with cancer. Yes, I have had 9 side effects a...

beaulahland

•9 years ago

11 Replies

My last treatment of avastin

Today I finally had my last cycle of avastin all has been well but it took longer to just get this one because of blood count then went to get it again then it...

Today I finally had my last cycle of avastin all has been well but it took longe...

Bobbyo1

•9 years ago

10 Replies

Gallbladder

So I just found out I have a deseased gallbladder and that has me thinking since my worry is still OC , I've read a lot of stories having this same problem...

So I just found out I have a deseased gallbladder and that has me thinking since...

Goingcrazy

•9 years ago

3 Replies

CA125 Question

Hi All, I hope you are all well. I am hoping you can help me with a random question... So when you are diagnosed with OC you (ususally) have high CA125....

Hi All, I hope you are all well. I am hoping you can help me with a random q...

Be-Positive

•9 years ago

13 Replies

Diagnosis, but awaiting pathology. Just need to off-load! Advice on preparing for chemo.

Hi all I was admitted to A&E 2 weeks ago with severe abdominal /pelvic pain. Initial thoughts were diverticulitis but CAT scan showed mass on left ovary and...

Hi all I was admitted to A&E 2 weeks ago with severe abdominal /pelvic pain. I...

GillyN

•9 years ago

32 Replies

Caelyx

Hi. I have had two sessions of Caelyx for Ovarian CA and on to my third next week. I have been having terrible stomach and back pains and now I feel like a...

Hi. I have had two sessions of Caelyx for Ovarian CA and on to my third next we...

JPTjpt123

•9 years ago

5 Replies

Posts - My Ovacome | HealthUnlocked

My Ovacome

All posts for November 2015

Upcoming surgery

Hair loss and pimples on head!

Omentum cancer

Caelyx Side Effects

Nodes in neck

Happy weekend

clinical trial

ESSIAC

Platelets low help

Friday Positives

Caelyx

Tumour Maker - CA 135?

More chemo so soon?

Is it cancer?

A little strange but I got to ask...........

ca125

AVASTIN

Finally a bit of good news

Glad to have found this forum

Staying positive can be tough

The Cancer Treatments Situation in Wales

ORS

First Caelyx

Another successful consult

Ovarian Cancer

My last treatment of avastin

Gallbladder

CA125 Question

Diagnosis, but awaiting pathology. Just need to off-load! Advice on preparing for chemo.

Caelyx

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