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Procedure or Surgery | Debulking surgery
Laparoscopy, laparotomy, cytoreduction, R0 disease; metastases--perihepatic, peripancreatic, perihilar; lesion greater curvature stomach; cholecystectomy.
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Decision Point | New Chemotherapy or Surgery?
The chemotherapy stopped being effective in January of 2017. I had to decide whether to go the surgical or new chemotherapy route. I ended up selecting the Surgery.
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Procedure or Surgery | Surgery
Umbilical Hernia Repair Surgery - Delays chemotherapy.
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Chemotherapy
Doxil and Avastin: 7 rounds received. Day 1, Day 8 and then Day 21 (new Day 1).
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Celebration | Finished treatment
July 2015
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Procedure or Surgery | Second look surgery after chemotherapy
Ileostomy Reversal and 2nd look - No Evidence of Disease!
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Chemotherapy
Carboplatin and Paclitaxel, traditional infusion and done intraperitoneally.
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Oh No | Just Diagnosed
Carrying my briefcase and a book bag to work one wintery day I stopped short of breath and a throb near my heart. A few minutes later, standing in front of the secretary, she says, "You're wheezing...go to the hospital." Two weeks later, after a ton of tests while being hospitalized, I was diagnosed with stage IV ALK…
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Procedure or Surgery | Primary tumor debulking
Surgery on items as follows: laparoscopy converted to laparotomy, total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, en bloc rectosigmoid resection with end-to-end anastomosis, pelvic and aortic lymphadenectomy, omentectomy, splenectomy, full-thickness diaphragm resection, right appendectomy, precardial tumor…
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Oh No | Just Diagnosed
Diagnosed in February 2015, and to think I thought I was just having an issue with my appendix.
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Oh No | Just Diagnosed
In Oct of 2018. It was found on a routine mamo. i just knew when i got the call to go back something was wrong.
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Radiation | External radiation
for me radiation was not a “walk in the park” like i had heard. after week 2 i started getting sick and extremely tired along with the swelling of the feast and the blistering of the breast.
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Celebration | N. E. D.
one yr out, there is no evidence of disease
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Celebration | Finished treatment
just happy to have the daily radiation visits over
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Loss | Body part/function
I’ve struggled, like many, with swallowing issues, tongue changes, taste changes and extreme dry mouth. I developed ORN of radiated jaw and had replacement surgery in July 2017 and spent most of 2019 in expensive dental procedures. Loss of my unguarded self and depression has been great with me.
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Side Effects | Fatigue (tiredness)
this i think is related to radiation and just the diagnosis it self and meds as well
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Side Effects | Breast tenderness or growth
from radiation
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Side Effects | Hot flashes
from tamoxifen
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Side Effects | Nausea/Vomiting
during radiation
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Procedure or Surgery | Sentinel lymph node biopsy
developed a seroma and lymphedema of the right breast
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Procedure or Surgery | Lumpectomy
the surgery was as expected! i developed a seroma at the removal site
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breathing stoma
I have stage 3 laryngeal cancer left vocal cord and left false cord; I have had 10 radiation out of 35 and 2 chemo out of 7My Dr scoped me today and is worried about swelling around my wind pipe and is thinking about a possible temp stoma has anyone needed this
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Side Effects | Chemo brain
I also have anxiety/depression, difficulty swallowing, fatigue, neuropathy and others
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Side Effects | Anemia (low red blood cell counts)
feelings of lethargy with hypothyroid- inadequate
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Loss | Loss of living life the way I choose to live it
Change in relationships, change in the way others view me; change in what I truly enjoy in life; change in freedom, change in peace of mind
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Celebration | Anniversary
13 years
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Decision Point | I had estrogen cancer so I decided to remove my ovaries.
You are in and out for this procedure. No problems or pain.
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Side Effects | many things on your list
every time he's not feeling well he goes in to the hospital they find more in different places
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Chemotherapy
I started Chemo February 27, 2019 and finished May 3, 2019 (Once every 3 weeks for 3 months, no port). I started to lose my hair two weeks after my Chemo Infusions began. I was fine with that, "it's just hair!" I never lost my appetite, I ate all of the time lol. I was tired after each Infusion, but I would come home and…
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Side Effects | Memory changes
After discharge and a positive response to treatment, I have noticed memory probs, word retrieval is odd and frustrating. Attention span can be so short. Low appetite continues, lost weight without trying, fatigue continues but is slowly improving some days. Some bouts of sadness or crying outbursts where i just feel…
