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Tanya (tanya)


October 31, 2006


Portland, Maine


April 7, 1975


Ovarian Cancer


Right Ovary: Atypical proliferative (borderline) serous tumor with multiple foci of invasive low grade serous carcinoma. Left Ovary: Same thing, just micro-invasive.


September 2006


Stage 1


07


Grade 1


No


Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel)


Cancer Survivor


Waiting for test results!!


None really, maybe a little bloating and abdominal pain. This is the scary thing about ovarian cancer; few women have any symptoms at all.


I’ve had 3 surgeries total. The 1st was laproscopic when they discovered I didn’t have endometriosis, what they originally thought I had. That’s when they discovered that the 2 huge tumors were either cancerous or pre-cancerous. On the 2nd surgery they removed the 2 tumors and managed to save my ovaries, but the patholgy sent to Johns Hopkins came back showing a 6 mm invasive carcinoma in my right ovary, and the left ovary had a micro-invasive tumor. On January 29th, 2007, I had a total ovarian hysterectomy.


Paclitaxel(Taxol)/Carboplatin(Paraplatin) combination, intravenous, 4 treatments total, 3 weeks apart. My first treatment was Oct. 17th. The side effects weren’t been too horrible. Days 3-6 I felt really bad, but I never vomited! I just felt VERY weak, and VERY sick. I was so pale I scared myself in the mirror, and sometimes I felt so bad I couldn’t even talk. I had HORRIBLE constipation like never before, and I still have heartburn, which I never got before.


Bio-identical HRT in the form of transdermal creams: includes Bi-estrogen, Progesterone, and Testosterone…started March 2007.

No side effects to speak of so far! I highly recommend seeing a HRT specialist to look into bio-identical HRT. After reading “What your doctor may not tell you about menopause” I refuse to go on the “conventional” synthetic hormones most doctors prescribe.




Tanya's Cancer Blog

February 15, 2007

CT scan results on doctor's desk...waiting is so hard.Views: 239

I called my onc this morning to check on my chest ct scan results for that lung “noodle”, and the results are there, he just hasn’t looked at them yet, and he’s in surgery today.

I think, for me anyway, waiting for test results is the hardest part about cancer. I just want to GET OFF THE RIDE!

So, hopefully, some time today or tomorrow, I’ll know more. Most likely, I imagine, the results will be inconclusive, and I’ll need another CT scan in 6 weeks to see if there’s been any growth.

More waiting…

Uggh…

The waiting is the pits.

Hug Sherri

Waiting is horrible. Your mind goes all over the place. Treat yourself to something yummy.
Hugs,
Karen

Oh my, I understand that doctors are busy people but to have someone on hold with that kind of information? I hope that it’s the best and no more complications need to arise. You’re in my prayers.

Gem

waiting sucks… I hate it.

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