My best friend had it. Well, she says, you try to stay ahead of it the rest of your life. Every 6 months she gets checked. My other best friend, since High School just a few months ago died from it. It was a very sad story. She gained over 200 lbs after she was diagnosed. I saw her 2 weeks before she died. She called me and said, "Linda, I need you. I've been given 4 weeks to live.". I went to her. Thanks to Hospice, she wasn't in pain. She said that after she gained weight, the Drs "wrote her off", her words. Anyway, I am proud to say my daughter has raised a lot of money running against ovarian cancer. I appreciate your time if you've read this. This day, watching QVC, I just wanted to remember them and all Women. Not just those fighting Cancer, but those Women who work so hard (inside and outside) the home. I feel that we women are too harsh on ourselves. Yet another Linda!
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Fifi11343500980.34226 PostsRegistered 1/21/2005Seattle Burbs Hugs to you Annabellethecat. we are hard on other women, and mostly ourselves! I too lost a dear college friend, mom to three when she was just 50 from ovarian cancer. Her daughter was only five when she was diagnosed, and lost her before age 10. My friend was the SWEETEST lady ever.....I know she smiles from above on all now...she has three little grand babies from her sons now, she never met them. MarieIG1343501057.1272736 PostsRegistered 7/15/2007New York Thanks for sharing Annabellethecat, and kudos on your wonderful daughter. MarieIG
Wife; mother of six sons (one military); three cats, and one dog. I enjoy reading about beauty, jewelry, fashion, and wellness. shoekitty1343511984.3338457 PostsRegistered 8/10/2006 Thanks, Annabel it never, ever hurts to be reminded. I just posted in another thread, and I feel it is true..if this was a man's disease we would have found a cure yesterday! I am telling you, if it involved a certain male "part of the anatomy" research would be abundant. The money that has gone into male "dysfunction" probably would have found a cure for breast cancer and ovarian cancer. I may be a bit facetious...but there is truth in there! In the last 8 years I have lost 6 friends to breast cancer and a couple more to other types of cancer. A close friend of mine had ovarian cancer a few years back. She is healthier than ever now, but always 2 steps ahead of herself in keeping watch. Thanks again Annabel life is a banquet and most poor fools are starving to death!"
Auntie Mame StyleGrl1343513834.143615 PostsRegistered 4/4/2010 I believe those that have not been affected by cancer in life are very few and far between. Many of us several times over. It is a reminder that life is extremely precious and for myself I believe in a life of gratitude. glmama1343514077.2516071 PostsRegistered 12/8/2006 Thanks for this thread, annabelle. I'm so sorry to hear of your losses to this disease. Many women in my extended famiy have had it (at least 4). I've asked my gyno about any kind of testing I can have done and she has said that nothing really exists currently. Also, b/c by "extended" family I mean that this disease took the lives of two great aunts, and second cousins have had it. A few have had preventative hysterectomies. Even though these women are not my mother or sister, b/c the disease is in my family in SOME way, I feel especially close to this issue. My heart goes out to the women who currently have this or have lost those close to them b/c of it. Over 40. Dark hair. Fair, with mild-moderate Rosacea. Finicky skin. Did I mention--Gorgeous? ;) Icegoddess1343514952.2571306 PostsRegistered 3/19/2010 The big problem with ovarian cancer is in diagnosing it as there are no tests for it. My mother died of it. I must say though that preventive hysterectomies are not the way to go. The reason I say this is that my mother had had a complete hysterectomy years before developing ovarian cancer due to fibroids I believe. The fact that you have had a hysterectomy probably makes it even harder to diagnose because when you start developing symptoms the doctors are not looking for it. In fact, our retired family doctor told my mother that "if he didn't know better, he would say her symptoms were ovarian cancer." The problem is that the tissue surrounding the ovaries is cellularly similar to the ovaries and, therefore, can host the disease. TN halfback1343516628.3332119 PostsRegistered 1/20/2008 On 7/28/2012 StyleGrl said: I believe those that have not been affected by cancer in life are very few and far between. Many of us several times over. It is a reminder that life is extremely precious and for myself I believe in a life of gratitude. I think if everyone found gratitude in what they have no matter how small it may be, it would be a better world. Sadly, so many are grasping for material objects to fulfill their lives when there is so much more in front of them...if they'd only look. TN Qvie Victoriah1343517247.081021 PostsRegistered 1/9/2008St. Louis, Missouri My mother-in-law had Ovarian Cancer, then had it metastasize to other areas. She was a stage IV when diagnosed. The Dr. told her she had a 5% chance of survival. "I'll take the five and run with it." She told the Doc.... He was perplexed, at a minimum, how someone could even SAY something like that. (It was 15 years ago, so you can imagine the utter disbelief of the doctor.) She lived 12 years after diagnosis, which is still a miracle to me. I learned that you have to be STUBBORN as a Menopausal BEECH to make it through any disease, especially cancer. She was a PITA a lot of the time, but gosh how we miss her... Annabellethecat...  (((hugs))) "Give of yourself. The return is greater that the gift."
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On 7/28/2012 TN halfback said: On 7/28/2012 StyleGrl said: I believe those that have not been affected by cancer in life are very few and far between. Many of us several times over. It is a reminder that life is extremely precious and for myself I believe in a life of gratitude. I think if everyone found gratitude in what they have no matter how small it may be, it would be a better world. Sadly, so many are grasping for material objects to fulfill their lives when there is so much more in front of them...if they'd only look. TN so true. One of my cousns/best friends died of ovarian cancer. It was so unfair, but I know, who are we to judge. She took care of her mother who died just days before her 100th birthday. My cousin died six months later. It was so hard. glmama1343582852.98316071 PostsRegistered 12/8/2006 Icegoddess-Thank you for that information. I did not realize that a complete hysterectomy did not include the ovaries or at least ovarian tissue. Over 40. Dark hair. Fair, with mild-moderate Rosacea. Finicky skin. Did I mention--Gorgeous? ;) Icegoddess1343583914.7371306 PostsRegistered 3/19/2010 Glmama, a hysteretomy may or may not include the ovaries. However, mother had everything removed. It's the surrounding tissue that is the problem. Just best to be vigilant and not assume that because you've had it removed you can't get it. tommysgirl1343590276.913642 PostsRegistered 10/20/2004 God Bless you and your daughter for being so kind to your friend. It makes me sad that there isn't an annual test for women for ovarian cancer covered by insurance like a mammogram. This type of cancer is found usually when it has already progressed too far. While I understand the CA125 test may not be a conclusive test, it should be combined with a transvaginal/abdominal ultrasound for women annually or bi-annually for a more thorough test. But again, the money factor is always more important than the health of our country's women. Sad.
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