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Fasting mimicking diet during chemo - its controversial..

Dear All. Having just completed 1st round of Carbo-Taxol me and my husband are mad about recent research and improvements we can make to reduce my likelihood...

Dear All. Having just completed 1st round of Carbo-Taxol me and my husband are ...

MartaCiom

•6 years ago

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Difficult Options

I typed a great long post and then I lost it but this is the abridged version. The pleural team want me to consider three options: ligation of the thoracic...

I typed a great long post and then I lost it but this is the abridged version. ...

ScardyCat40

•6 years ago

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Diagnosis

Hi, I’m currently going through diagnosis stage at the moment. I went for ivf had an initial transvaginal scan to check ovaries. Showed a cyst. Went back...

Hi, I’m currently going through diagnosis stage at the moment. I went for ivf ...

Ko_aesthetics

•6 years ago

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Good results!

Anyone had good results on letrozole!

jools53

•6 years ago

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Endometriosis || ca 125 - 41 || chocolate cysts || should i be worried about cancer?

Hi, i am really worried as my ca 125 result is 41 and my doctor told me that its a confirmation that i have endometriosis and chocolate cysts. But she did not...

Hi, i am really worried as my ca 125 result is 41 and my doctor told me that its...

niv123654

•6 years ago

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Low grade Primary peritoneal cancer

I was diagnosed with low grade primary peritoneal cancer last August. Just wondering if there are others with low grade. Appears most others with this type...

I was diagnosed with low grade primary peritoneal cancer last August. Just wond...

CBRx

•6 years ago

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Having 1st Chemo treatment o April 9th

Hello dear ladies, My best friend had the surgery and more cancer was found than expected. Surgeon removed a 12 cm mass, on the Omentum (sp?) as well as the...

Hello dear ladies, My best friend had the surgery and more cancer was found than...

homecash911

•6 years ago

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Bowel obstructions

Hi ladies just wanted to know if any of you have had more than one bowel obstruction cause by your tumour? And how many of you now have a colostomy or an...

Hi ladies just wanted to know if any of you have had more than one bowel obstruc...

Barbara123

•6 years ago

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Newly diagnosed mix ovarian cancer

Dear Ladies. I am 37 years old. My journey with cancer started just before the Christmas 2017. Initially diagnosed with adenocarcinoma endometrioid stage 1a in...

Dear Ladies. I am 37 years old. My journey with cancer started just before the C...

MartaCiom

•6 years ago

23 Replies

In pain and nervous

Hi everyone, I am in remission for stage 4 colon cancer of a little over 2 years. About a week and a half ago I started having pain in my lower back. It has...

Hi everyone, I am in remission for stage 4 colon cancer of a little over 2 years...

Brandelena

•6 years ago

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Short remission .. but a Nanny again x

Hi all .. yes this is my new beautiful granddaughter Amelia Grace.. makes the 2nd round easier.. have a great weekend x

Hi all .. yes this is my new beautiful granddaughter Amelia Grace.. makes the 2n...

SuziTench1

•6 years ago

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Murder for MacMillan

Some of you will know that MacMillan's fund-raising effort this year includes a Murder Mystery Party. The idea was you got the pack and invited seven friends...

Some of you will know that MacMillan's fund-raising effort this year includes a ...

Rachael47

•6 years ago

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Appointment

Had appointment with surgeon yesterday pet scan showed uptake in diaphragm and top of liver so going in on Monday for laparoscopic surgery to see what’s going...

Had appointment with surgeon yesterday pet scan showed uptake in diaphragm and t...

ellseybellsey

•6 years ago

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Hope to all

Hello all the girls I have been reading your posts since I got my diagnosis last year 14 feb 2017.Initially been told just a shade on the ovary.Then quickly...

Hello all the girls I have been reading your posts since I got my diagnosis last...

Justyns

•6 years ago

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Important petition

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/214322

Jessica-DianeB

•6 years ago

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Dizzy Re-visited

Well, I think I have it figured out, but it still scares me. My blood tests came back very low for Magnesium, at 58 (should be 70 - 100), but not low enough...

Well, I think I have it figured out, but it still scares me. My blood tests came...

Lindaura

•6 years ago

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Spend, spend, spend??

Hi Everyone, I probably know the answer to this dilemma already but could never discuss this with other people except people who would understand........

Hi Everyone, I probably know the answer to this dilemma already but could never...

LittleSan

•6 years ago

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In Focus:Menopause - Bone health

Dear All This week for menopause In Focus the topic is bone health. The fall in oestrogen levels caused by having your ovaries removed, and some subsequent...

Dear All This week for menopause In Focus the topic is bone health. The fall in ...

OvacomeSupport

Partner•6 years ago

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I am losing the weight

I am 90.4lbs /14.4lbs

11dan

•6 years ago

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Directions please...

Does anyone know where, on earth, they are leading the way in oc treatment? Even in the UK there must be more specialising hospitals/consultants than others. I...

Does anyone know where, on earth, they are leading the way in oc treatment? Even...

Coolroses

•6 years ago

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Here we go again....

Well after a reoccurrence I’m starting my new chemo treatment today, more nervous than I thought I’d be having been through it before and I think it’s because...

Well after a reoccurrence I’m starting my new chemo treatment today, more nervou...

Hidden

•6 years ago

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Groin pain

Hi ladies has anybody experienced this also thigh and back pain Thanks Sue

SuSue

•6 years ago

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Ca 125

Hello all, Hope you are doing well. After 6 rounds of chemo (no surgery), ca 125 is at 120 for my aunt. They are continuing one more round of chemo and then...

Hello all, Hope you are doing well. After 6 rounds of chemo (no surgery), ca 125...

Centriole

•6 years ago

1 Reply

NED update

Yep, you can have no obvious lesions on a CT scan and still need chemo! "Encasement of the bowel and its mesentery by Carcinometistasis" is the issue for me....

Yep, you can have no obvious lesions on a CT scan and still need chemo! "Encasem...

Irisisme

•6 years ago

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Dizzy but well after ending 1st Line Chemo

Hi everyone, I am sure this is not life-threatening, but I am curious. I ended successful first line treatment March 1, 2018, my last Carbo/Taxol being 5 of...

Hi everyone, I am sure this is not life-threatening, but I am curious. I ended ...

Lindaura

•6 years ago

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Cannabis oil

Hi Has anyone with recurrent ovarian cancer tried this and had any success?

2mini2

•6 years ago

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Aching joints

Hi ladies Anyone else got aching joints and muscles that just don’t seem to stop? I finished chemo about 7/8 months ago but just seem to be constantly achy. Is...

Hi ladies Anyone else got aching joints and muscles that just don’t seem to stop...

Emsymits

•6 years ago

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Second line chemo “choice”

Here I am back after 22 months disease free. Having enjoyed good health and fun in the interim. Just had second debulking surgery which has gone really well...

Here I am back after 22 months disease free. Having enjoyed good health and fun ...

GillyN

•6 years ago

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Update on my misery 😕

Thank you so much everyone for your kind words. It gave me the lift I needed. I’m less teary ad even though I know it’ll come back again I’m making the most...

Thank you so much everyone for your kind words. It gave me the lift I needed. I’...

Beckyjh

•6 years ago

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Liver numbers not happy

Hello, my lovely ladies! Thank you , once again, for keeping me sane in the last 3 weeks. As you know, that was my first treatment for first recurrence of OC....

Hello, my lovely ladies! Thank you , once again, for keeping me sane in the last...

Mptelesca

•6 years ago

21 Replies

Posts - My Ovacome | HealthUnlocked

My Ovacome

All posts for March 2018

Fasting mimicking diet during chemo - its controversial..

Difficult Options

Diagnosis

Good results!

Endometriosis || ca 125 - 41 || chocolate cysts || should i be worried about cancer?

Low grade Primary peritoneal cancer

Having 1st Chemo treatment o April 9th

Bowel obstructions

Newly diagnosed mix ovarian cancer

In pain and nervous

Short remission .. but a Nanny again x

Murder for MacMillan

Appointment

Hope to all

Important petition

Dizzy Re-visited

Spend, spend, spend??

In Focus:Menopause - Bone health

I am losing the weight

Directions please...

Here we go again....

Groin pain

Ca 125

NED update

Dizzy but well after ending 1st Line Chemo

Cannabis oil

Aching joints

Second line chemo “choice”

Update on my misery 😕

Liver numbers not happy

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