> >
> >
> > SIGNS OF OVARIAN CANCER
> >
> >
> > THIS IS A MUST TO READ TO THE END P L E A S E!
> >
> >
> > An Eye Opener on Ovarian Cancer
> >
> >
> > I hope you all take the time to read this and pass
> it on to
> > all you can.
> > Send this to the women in your life that you care
> about.
> >
> > Years ago, Gilda Radner died of ovarian cancer.
> Her symptoms
> > were
> > inconclusive, and she was treated for everything
> under the sun
> > until it was
> > too late. This blood test finally identified her
> illness but
> > alas, too
> > late. She wrote a book to heighten awareness. Gene
> Wilder is
> > her widower.
> >
> >
> >
> > KATHY'S STORY: this is the story of Kathy West
> >
> >
> >
> > As all of you know, I have Primary Peritoneal
> Cancer. This
> > cancer has only
> > recently been identified as its OWN type of
> cancer, but it is
> > essentially
> > Ovarian Cancer.
> >
> > Both types of cancer are diagnosed in the same
> way, with the
> > "tumor marker"
> > CA-! 125 BLOOD TEST, and they are treated in the
> same way -
> > surgery to
> > remove the primary tumor and then chemotherapy
> with Taxol and
> > Carboplatin.
> >
> > Having gone through this ordeal, I want to save
> others from
> > the same fate.
> > That is why I am sending this message to you and
> hope you will
> > print it and
> > give it or send it via E-mail to everybody you
> know.
> >
> > One thing I have learned is that each of us must
> take TOTAL
> > responsibility
> > for our own health care. I thought I had done that
> because I
> > always had an
> > annual physical and PAP smear, did a monthly
> Self-Breast Exam,
> > went to the
> > dentist at least twice a year, etc. I even
> insisted on a
> > sigmoidoscopy and
> > a bone density test last year. When I had a total
> hysterectomy
> > in 1993, I
> > thought that I did not have to worry about getting
> any of the
> > female
> > reproductive organ cancers
> >
> > LITTLE DID I KNOW.&! nbsp; I don't have ovaries
> (and they were
> > HEALTHY when
> > they were removed), but I have what is essentially
> ovarian
> > cancer.
> > Strange, isn't it?
> >
> > These are just SOME of the things our Doctors
> never tell us:
> > ONE out of
> > every 55 woman will get OVARIAN or PRIMARY
> PERITONEAL CANCER.
> >
> > The "CLASSIC" symptoms are an ABDOMEN that rather
> SUDDENLY
> > ENLARGES and
> > CONSTIPATION and/or DIARRHEA.
> >
> > I had these classic symptoms and went to the
> doctor. Because
> > these
> > symptoms seemed to be "abdominal", I went to a
> gastroenterologist.
> > He ran
> > tests that were designed to determine whether
> there was a
> > bacteria
> > infection; these tests were negative, and I was
> diagnosed with
> > "Irritable
> > Bowel Syndrome". I guess I would have accepted
> this diagnosis
> > had it not
> > been for my enlarged abdomen. I swear to you, it
> looked like
> > I was 4-5
> > months pregnant! I therefore insisted on more
> tests.
> >
> > They took an X-ray of my abdomen; it was negative.
> I was a!
> > gain assured
> > that I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome and was
> encouraged to go
> > on my
> > scheduled month-long trip to Europe. I couldn't
> wear any of
> > my slacks or
> > shorts because I couldn't get them buttoned, and I
> KNEW something
> > was
> > radically wrong. I INSISTED on more tests, and
> they reluctantly
> > scheduled
> > me for a CT-Scan (just to shut me up, I think).
> This is what
> > I mean by
> > "taking charge of our own health care".
> >
> > The CT-Scan showed a lot of fluid in my abdomen
> (NOT normal).
> > Needless to
> > say, I had to cancel my trip and have FIVE POUNDS
> assure you,
> > but NOTHING
> > compared to what was ahead of me.
> >
> > Tests revealed cancer cells in the fluid. Finally,
> finally,
> > finally, the
> > doctor ran a CA-! 125 blood test, and I was
> properly diagnosed.
> >
> > I HAD THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS FOR OVARIAN CANCER, AND
> YET THIS
> > SIMPLE CA-125
> > BLOOD TEST HAD NEVER BEEN RUN ON ME, not as part
> of my annual
> > physical exam
> > and not when I was symptomatic. This is an
> inexpensive and
> > simple blood
> > test!
> >
> > PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ALL YOUR FEMALE FRIENDS AND
> RELATIVES TO
> > INSIST ON A
> > CA-125 BLOOD TEST EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THEIR
> ANNUAL PHYSICAL
> > EXAMS.
> >
> > Be forewarned that their doctors might try to talk
> them out
> > of it, saying,
> > IT ISN'T NECESSARY". Believe me, had I known then
> what I know
> > now, we
> > would have caught my cancer much earlier (before
> it was a stage
> > 3 cancer).
> > Insist on the CA-125 BLOOD TEST; DO NOT take 'NO'
> for an
> > answer!
> >
> > The normal range for a CA-125 BLOOD TEST is
> between zero and
> > 35. MINE WAS
> > 754. (That's right, 754!). If the number is
> slightly above 35,
> > you can
> > have another done in three or six months and keep
> a close eye
> > on it, just
> > as women! do when they have fibroid tumors or when
> men have a
> > slightly
> > elevated PSA test (Prostatic Specific Antigens)
> that helps
> > diagnose
> > prostate cancer.
> >
> > Having the CA-125 test done annually can alert you
> early, and
> > that's the
> > goal in diagnosing any type of cancer - catching
> it early.
> >
> > Do you know 55 women? If so, at least one of them
> will have
> > this VERY
> > AGGRESSIVE cancer. Please, go to your doctor and
> insist on a
> > CA-125 test
> > and have one EVERY YEAR for the rest of your life.
> >
> > And forward this message to every woman you know,
> and tell all
> > of your
> > female family members and friends. Though the
> median age for
> > this cancer
> > is 56, (and, guess what, I'm exactly 56), women as
> young as
> > 22 have it.
> > Age is no factor.
> >
> >
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