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Re: Ovarian Cancer - Please Read

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From: Flower
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 01:54
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sorry right like you posted this in lots of others that I am in knowing
that is what I am facing. Get out spammer or go to jail
Diana



In article <To1R5.26$xd3.8440@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,
  "Thomas Leinart" <tomleinart@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I'm sorry for this off-topic post, but please read it.  I'm not after
money
> or anything like that...only a moment of your time.  I PROMISE this
is NOT
> one of those "pass this on to as many people as you can, so little
Cindy can
> afford a brain transplant" messages.
>
> My mother was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer.  For those of
you not
> familiar with the disease, it is what ended the lives of Gilda Radner,
> Jessica Tandy and thousands of other women every year.  In fact,
ovarian
> cancer is the number one cause of death from gynocological cancer.
>
> Ovarian cancer is often described as a "silent" killer, as it
typically only
> produces symptoms late in the disease process...often too late.  Some
signs
> of the disease are distended (swollen) abdomen, persistant
indigestion,
> frequent urination or urge to urinate (my mother was wondering if she
had
> diabetes because she was urinating so much.)  There are other symptoms
> listed on the web pages below, so please follow those links.
>
> If ovarian cancer is caught EARLY, the prognosis is EXCELLENT so
PLEASE have
> yourself (or a loved one) checked out a soon as possible.  A pap
smear will
> not show ovarian cancer and blood work is no predictor (my mother's
tests
> were perfect.)  A THOUROUGH full-pelvic exam and an ultrasound that is
> specifically looking for this condition are the best tests that I
know of.
>
> Often, this disease is misdiagnosed (as in Gilda Radner's case) so
don't be
> fooled.  It mimics a common ovarian cyst and it's symptoms are generic
> enough (heartburn, fullness after a light meal, bloating, etc.) to be
> dismissed by all but a trained professional (see a gynocologist, not
just
> your family doctor.)
>
> Women aged 55 to 59 are the most affected, but women over sixty are
most at
> risk...BUT this disease can strike any woman of ANY AGE.  Ovarian
cancer
> typically only strikes one in seventy women (recent studies say 1 in
55),
> but those numbers drop to one in twenty (or worse) if there is a
family
> history of ovarian or colon (yes, colon) cancer...my mother's mother
had
> colon cancer but NO ONE mentioned this connection to my mother!
Please read
> the web pages for more details on this.
>
> Fortunately, my mother's cancer was caught early, before it spread
> throughout the abdomen (we're still waiting on the microscopic
biopsies,
> though.)  So please say a prayer for those who've been stricken with
this
> and other terrible diseases...that's all I ask.  My mother's name is
Diana,
> in case you want to know.  Thank you for reading this, please spread
the
> word...and God Bless!!!
>
> http://my.webmd.com/content/dmk/dmk_article_5963013
>
> http://my.webmd.com/content/dmk/dmk_article_57892
>
> http://my.webmd.com/content/dmk/dmk_article_5461688
>
> http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/specialty/gyn_onc/ovarian/
>
> http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=ovarian+cancer&n=25
>
> http://www.ovariancancer.org/
>
> http://www.ovariancanada.org/
>
> http://www.oncologychannel.com/ovariancancer/staging.shtml
>
>

--
I make it a rule of Christian duty never to go to a place where
there is not room for my Master as well as myself.




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