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Started by Thomas Leinart
Fri, 17 Nov 2000 00:00
Ovarian Cancer - Please Read
Author: Thomas Leinart
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 00:00
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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
Re: Ovarian Cancer - Please Read
Author: 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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