lifestyleandfashionplace.com Casey didn’t schedule a check-up for MANY years! When she finally went to the doctor, she received the dreaded diagnosis. Watch this inspirational story about surviving Ovarian Cancer.
Robert J. Morgan, MD, from City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center describes the importance of diagnosing ovarian cancer early, because best chance of cure is with surgery before tumor spreads, and why early diagnosis is a current challenge in this video from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a not-for-profit alliance of 21 of the world’s leading cancer centers dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of care for cancer patients. For more information on ovarian cancer and other cancers, including the NCCN Guidelines for Patients, visit www.NCCN.com.
Almost 5 years ago I embarked upon the nightmare of Ovarian Cancer.
It starts out with no real symptoms, a general feeling of "unwellness" sometimes bloating in the abdomen and yet you lose weight, sometimes bleeding, sometimes fluid leakage… and by the time you get the diagnosis you are stage 3, and you have a brick wall waiting for you. I am in a very long remission period, I was told 29 months to live…
there is a simple test, a blood test, called a CA125. it costs less than a hundred dollars if you pay for it yourself. If it is elevated, that is a good sign you may have this horrible disease, at a point where it is easy to cure. A history of cervical, ovarian, or other such cancer is often enough that insurance will pay for it… and if you call and ask for it, often they will agree to cover it… Please, get a CA125 blood test done every year along with the gynocological exam… save a life! YOURS…
I have far surpassed what the Doctors said I could do… now I am aiminag for seeing my grandkids get marrried… please do ask about this test, I think it should be as common as a pap smear.
1991-ectopic pregnancy & L tube/ovary removed, 1995-conal biopsy CIN 3/tubal ligation/adhesions removed, 1996-partial hysterectomy (R ovary remains) due to chronic abdominal/pelvic pain/distension/adhesions, 1998-rectocele & enterocele repair/adhestions removed, 1999-5 cm ovarian cyst identified (not removed due to risk caused by adhesions), 2006–CT scan reveals "somewhat diffuse" pelvic mass large enough to be originally mistaken for a "uterus tilted slightly to the right".
My sister was diagnosed with very bad endo; after she mentioned that my symptoms were similar, I did research. Endo diagnosis is difficult, esp. for a Dr not familiar w/ endo. Is it possible that I could have had endo implants w/ implants left over after hysterectomy? Endo implants can cause more adhesions, cysts, abdom distension. Even hyst doesn’t cure endo. No insurance; paid cash for CT; hard to find Dr who takes cash. I have periodic abd distension, chronic pain, not eased by BM, so not IBS. Anybody?
I am 27 years old, have two children and had my tubes tied. But I had a misconception that tying my tubes would fix the problem. My diagnosis is ovarian failure and ovarian dysfunction. I recently had an episode of heavy bleeding that lasted for 10 weeks solid (even while taking birth control pills to stop the bleeding). My question is the doctor gave me two options, one to take strong hormonal pill daily to see if it will control my problems and the second to go ahead and have a complete hysterectomy.
I have taken hormone pills in the past and still had problems so I am wondering if I should just go ahead with surgery and get it all out? Also do you think a hysterectomy will cure the pains and problems I am having? I don’t care if I have to take hormone replacement therapy anything is better than what I am going through now! I feel constantly like I am having back labor pains and debilitated a lot from it.Please give me some advice?