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When You Are Misinformed About Options

Hi you fantastic people. My wife Luk4ward is currently having a tough time with a suspected bowel blockage in hospital. I thought I would post this because I...

Hi you fantastic people. My wife Luk4ward is currently having a tough time with ...

Luk4ward

•8 years ago

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Very nervous, starting Chemo Wednesday, May 4th

Hi all! Wishing you all a beautiful day! I had surgery to remove lymph nodes & had a kidney biopsy this past week. Doctor seemed positive after the lymph node...

Hi all! Wishing you all a beautiful day! I had surgery to remove lymph nodes & h...

alnovca

•8 years ago

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I'm new here and I've been reading old posts

I came here after suffering for almost a year with increasingly bad muscle, bone and joint pain. I was diagnosed with breast cancer, triple estrogen invasive...

I came here after suffering for almost a year with increasingly bad muscle, bone...

Luna65

•8 years ago

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Prognosis after 1st line chemo for OC.

I've just completed First Line chemo for Stage 3C ovarian cancer ( CA125 down from 628 to 11.2 before chemo 5) and am due for debulking surgery in 3 weeks. My...

I've just completed First Line chemo for Stage 3C ovarian cancer ( CA125 down fr...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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Feeling deflated

I had my surgeon appointment today ready for my op at Southend hospital on 9th May. As my last CA was 26 I was not expecting any problems. However, as one...

I had my surgeon appointment today ready for my op at Southend hospital on 9th M...

Gleedy

•8 years ago

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Getting shorter

Well I went to see the team and apparently I have to rest my leg and take more of the painkillers. Magnesium is ok, as is calcium but Vit D a bit low. The GP...

Well I went to see the team and apparently I have to rest my leg and take more o...

PhillipandBettykid

•8 years ago

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Pre surgery anxiety

Hi there, I just found this site and had some really good reads. I just had my 4th chemo of taxol/carbo on Monday. It's taken me down more than ever this time....

Hi there, I just found this site and had some really good reads. I just had my 4...

Millie-c

•8 years ago

33 Replies

Back on Cymo

Started carbo/calex on Tuesday feeling fed up I only had 4/12 months but maybe this time! Not feeling great but it will improve and I am forever the optimist...

Started carbo/calex on Tuesday feeling fed up I only had 4/12 months but maybe t...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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Joyous

After six months of chemo and radiation, my oncologist sees "no evidence of disease". Sure my lung cancer can come back, but not now! I feel great!!!

After six months of chemo and radiation, my oncologist sees "no evidence of dise...

Hidden

•8 years ago

1 Reply

Quietly Terrified

Hi all, I am going to see the specialist at the hospital today for the first time since my scan results. Having finally got to see the doctor following...

Hi all, I am going to see the specialist at the hospital today for the first tim...

marthasperson

•8 years ago

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All clear after first course of Carbo/Taxol

Hello to everyone on the forum. You have been such a source of encouragement and support to me since I joined in February this year. I was diagnosed with...

Hello to everyone on the forum. You have been such a source of encouragement and...

Barlow1951

•8 years ago

17 Replies

Shakes when coming off steroids

Does anyone have any tips for how to deal with the shakiness as I'm coming off steroids? The docs only said they could reduce them if they reduce the chemo and...

Does anyone have any tips for how to deal with the shakiness as I'm coming off s...

LesleyGreengran

•8 years ago

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fighting stage3 teratoma cancer

hi all my name is amy young women of 28years old from west of ireland was diagnoised with stage 3 ovarian teratoma cancer 19th of december 2013.i had my right...

hi all my name is amy young women of 28years old from west of ireland was diagno...

amy2013galway

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Sore muscles

Hey all! Hope you are all well I know some of you are having a tough time at the min so all the best positive thoughts are winging their way to you!!! I am a...

Hey all! Hope you are all well I know some of you are having a tough time at th...

HogwartsDK

•8 years ago

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Treatment for advanced,recurring CaOv/Royal Marsden drug trial (MILO)

Hello, I haven't posted for a while having been lucky enough to have "time off" after 2 CT scans, four months apart, showed some shrinkage of 2 of the 3...

Hello, I haven't posted for a while having been lucky enough to have "time off" ...

Veronique

•8 years ago

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Pain blooded bowel pain

I'm 2 months out of chemo and I don't feel well . I been feeling a lot of discomfort on my left side of my abdomen and also burning . I'm thinking my bowels ....

I'm 2 months out of chemo and I don't feel well . I been feeling a lot of discom...

Shqiperia

•8 years ago

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kidney stones

My mam is 68 she had major surgery for kindney stones some of them were unable to be removed. She has been out of hospital for 7 months at a weight of 9 st,...

My mam is 68 she had major surgery for kindney stones some of them were unable t...

thetrixter

•8 years ago

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Lower abdo pain - unsure if bowels or womb/ovaries

Hi all! New to this website and am a bit of a hypochondriac I suppose really. Ever since my mum passed away from bowel cancer three years ago, it's been at the...

Hi all! New to this website and am a bit of a hypochondriac I suppose really. Ev...

Spoony2104

•8 years ago

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Cramp and leg pain

Have been doing quite well recently but today am struggling. I am knitting to help the hospice but have had to stop because of cramp. I know about tonic water...

Have been doing quite well recently but today am struggling. I am knitting to he...

PhillipandBettykid

•8 years ago

14 Replies

Gemzar

Has anyone experienced the following problems on this chemo? Severe pains in bowel area and sore around abdomen? Thanks Barbara

Has anyone experienced the following problems on this chemo? Severe pains in bo...

Barb4145

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Advice on cold caps

I am 29 years old and due to start chemo in the next few weeks. I am very apprehensive about losing my hair. I have been to visit the 'wig lady' and it wasn't...

I am 29 years old and due to start chemo in the next few weeks. I am very appreh...

KitKat29

•8 years ago

6 Replies

sick

good morning all. Just passed my second week after my second chemo and have been feeling good, then unexpectedly I was sick this morning. I feel ok now with no...

good morning all. Just passed my second week after my second chemo and have been...

19521965

•8 years ago

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Good CA125 result, and new paper re aspirin suggesting all cancer patients should be offered it

Hi all. Good news, my CA125 was 6 again last week. This is pretty convincing that ibuprofen is effective (for me) as an anti-cancer drug. I have been 16...

Hi all. Good news, my CA125 was 6 again last week. This is pretty convincing ...

drdu

•8 years ago

63 Replies

Inter-peritoneal chemotherapy

Hello everyone, I am asking if any of you have had inter-peritoneal chemo, and if so how did you get referred? I have asked my onc about this previously and he...

Hello everyone, I am asking if any of you have had inter-peritoneal chemo, and i...

Luk4ward

•8 years ago

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Dreading Caelyx ( and future in general)

I started 3rd line chemo with carboplatin/caelyx eight weeks ago. I never got to the 2nd cycle because all hell broke loose in my bowels. Gripes, stoppage,...

I started 3rd line chemo with carboplatin/caelyx eight weeks ago. I never got to...

Lizneild

•8 years ago

10 Replies

Dying Hair on Chemo

Hi All, My mum is on carbo/caelyx and her hair is still growing and lovely and thick. The only problem is mum has tanned skin, dark features and very grey...

Hi All, My mum is on carbo/caelyx and her hair is still growing and lovely and ...

Be-Positive

•8 years ago

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Caelyx/alendronic acid

I started both 3 weeks ago, caelyx for 2nd recurrence and a/acid for osteoporosis (last year I broke both my ankles -fragility fractures). For the past week my...

I started both 3 weeks ago, caelyx for 2nd recurrence and a/acid for osteoporosi...

cah48

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Help

Hi I have a question.. OK my cycle stopped I have missed just one month but I have also stopped taking birth control pills to only because when I bleed it...

Hi I have a question.. OK my cycle stopped I have missed just one month but I ha...

Love12123

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Blood blister after surgery

About 4.5 weeks after abdominal surgery, wound looked almost healed, then what looks like a blood blister has appeared. Oozing some blood and dark surrounding...

About 4.5 weeks after abdominal surgery, wound looked almost healed, then what l...

KitKat29

•8 years ago

9 Replies

Need Help

Hi Need to lose weight gained a lot because in active after operation and depressed after losing my husband 9 months ago.

Hi Need to lose weight gained a lot because in active after operation and depres...

judejude

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Posts - My Ovacome | HealthUnlocked

My Ovacome

All posts for April 2016

When You Are Misinformed About Options

Very nervous, starting Chemo Wednesday, May 4th

I'm new here and I've been reading old posts

Prognosis after 1st line chemo for OC.

Feeling deflated

Getting shorter

Pre surgery anxiety

Back on Cymo

Joyous

Quietly Terrified

All clear after first course of Carbo/Taxol

Shakes when coming off steroids

fighting stage3 teratoma cancer

Sore muscles

Treatment for advanced,recurring CaOv/Royal Marsden drug trial (MILO)

Pain blooded bowel pain

kidney stones

Lower abdo pain - unsure if bowels or womb/ovaries

Cramp and leg pain

Gemzar

Advice on cold caps

sick

Good CA125 result, and new paper re aspirin suggesting all cancer patients should be offered it

Inter-peritoneal chemotherapy

Dreading Caelyx ( and future in general)

Dying Hair on Chemo

Caelyx/alendronic acid

Help

Blood blister after surgery

Need Help

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