Hope everyone will read this.........

Here's the deal. Back in July, my wife was having some problems with pain in her jaw. Come to find out she had a main artery almost blocked going to her heart. She had 2 stints put in and all seemed well for 3 weeks. She began gaining unexplained weight and her lower abdomen area hurt. She could not lay on her stomach at night. After testing, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She has had 3 chemos, will have surgery November 10, followed by 3 more chemos. All seems to be working well, the cancer is shrinking and she has no side effects from the drugs except she lost her hair and was a little fatigued the third and fourth day following chemo. Now......this type cancer slips up on women, especially those over 50. It is almost undetecable except for the weight gain(fluid) and the pain, which happens in the later stages. The fluid causes bloating under the waist in the stomach area. If ANY of you guys hear your wives, mothers, aunts, sisters.........any female complain of any of these symptoms, encourage her to get to the doctor immediately. Have a complete blood panel done and insist on a CA125 test. These are markers given off by the tumor. They should be 35 or under. It is simple and quick and could save her. Go on line to learn more about the CA125. I don't understand a lot about it, but it is an important test. This test should be routine, but for some reason it is not done. Even though her cancer has spread some, it is still contained in her lower stomach area. The outlook looks very good, but a few more weeks and things could have been a lot different.

 

You and your wife have my prayers. Hang in there and be positive, we are all rooting for a quick and painless recovery. God Bless.

 

Bless her, and I hope all will be well.

 

Wishing your wife all the best. You being there for her is a very good thing, all the best and be strong.

 

Thanks, Blackfoot and all the rest of the guys, I really think she'll be fine. It has been a tough 4 months......lots going on. We know several others with the same type cancer that have been pretty much cured. Just something that we'll have to keep a close watch on for a while, but as I say, things have gone very well so far. We were afraid of the chemo, as I am sure everyone has heard the horror stories about how sick it makes you. There are new drugs that she takes the day of and 3 days after that completely prevents all the nausea and other symptoms. As I say, she lost her hair, which is starting to grow back, she is fatigued a few days after a session, and her taste seems more acute.......like ketchup tastes extremely sweet. Pretty mild overall. This in itself is something to be thankful for.

 

Hey Dodgeguy, thanks for the heads up. mine has been complaining of pains and dizziness and a swelling abdomen. Thanks man. Sounds like you guys will overcome this, but I'll call in a couple favours Upstairs.

 

She has mild diverticulitis and was on new meds from the stint surgery, so her doc thought this was the problem with the pain. However, her regular MD sent her for the CT scan just to be safe and this is where the cancer showed up. It came on very fast and spreads even faster, but I think we caught it in time. I guess we'll see.

 

Best wishes to you and your wife.
Believing that you can beat it is more than half the battle.
Keep up the faith.

 

Best wishes. Let her know that the both of you are in our prayers. Thanx for the heads up as well.

 

Of courese I'll be praying for the both of you. Best of luck. God's watching over you both.

 

DG our prayers to you and your wife.

 

I'm sending you good juju from Texas!Sounds like she has an awesome husband who really cares!

 

I'll say one for you kids...i'll pull in my connections
squeeze the wife for me

 

Hope all turns out well for you guys. I've had a pain in my jaw for a few months but I think it's TMJ. However unemployed and no insurance so Ibuprofen for now.