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Article #40Re: Ovarian Cancer - Please Read
From: Flower
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 01:54
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. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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