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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Tac on October 10, 2002, 11:43:33 AM
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Fellas, my mother just got results from an examination, from the results it seems theres cancer present but we do not know for sure. The $#@$ doctor just kept using medical terms my parents didnt understand toejam of and in the end they said "im not telling you that it is cancer" .. or some crap like that.
I have the results scanned from the biopsy samples, if anyone know where I can get this translated into english pls let me know. I can also e-mail it upon request.
my new e-mail : jalondon@bellsouth.net
thnx
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This (http://www.webmd.com) might help some.
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thanks sand. digging through it now.
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Sorry to hear this...and sorry I can't help. Hope it all goes okay.
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Try PubMed.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
If that doesn't get you what you need send the results to me and I'll see what I can do. I'm on about eight emergency med lists, and what i don't know someone on the lists will.
random@xenon135.com
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:) :) :) :):)
Its benign and being removed next week
:) :) :) :):)
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WTG! Mom.:)
HC
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wtg !!! Great news !!!
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just curious, if it's benign why are they removing it?
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better safe than sorry?
Hell if I know. Mom was gonna have her womb removed after menopause hit her anyway.. this whole mess started when she was doing the check-up for it. Its in the womb, so its like taking out 2 birds in 1 stone.
I can stop shaking from the worries now at least... well, partly.. next week will say.
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benign
one of the coolest words in the world.
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John - benign just means that it's not spreading, it's clearly seperated from the normal tissue and can be removed without leaving any traces behind (granted you have an access).
But it does GROW and can cause secondary effects due to pressure on vital organs etc. And there is always a chance than a benign tumor goes malign some time!
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Good luck on the operation and best wishes to your mom!
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Another year and I gonna be MD.. ;)
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Well they are operation tomorrow is the last news i heard.
Even my balls are crossed for this one. =P
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benign isn't just "it's not spreading". Class I and II malignant tumors are ones that haven't undergone metastasis. Benign means that the growth isn't cancerous.
GL to your mom Tac. My mother had something similar last month, and we were overjoyed to hear it was benign (her sister isn't so lucky :( ).
And you still want it taken out, for a variety of reasons.
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cripes dinger. her med report said II and III :(
hell ill find out in 6 hours or so.
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TAC, didnt realise this was going on.
Good luck to your mom. I'm sure its gonna be okay.
xBAT
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Good news Tac!
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Ouch. I'm not a doctor, so I'm often under wrong impressions (but then again, so are doctors); I would check the medical literature itself. Again, if the doctor says its benign, don't worry about the rest of the details; at least for the cancer I had, the division between I and II was the circumference of the malignant growth (and in that case, it's a genetic disease that causes a benign growth that sooner or later turns malignant). They might be classifying benign growths similarly.
My (possibly flawed) understanding is that class III ovarian cancer is subdivided into IIIA and IIIB. I imagine cervical cancer's the same.
In my aunt's case, they didn't know whether it was benign or malignant until they operated, at which point it was classified IIIA (metastasis to surrounding organs). Six months later, after chemo, she's doing well, and the cancer's stopped spreading.
If they're telling you II and III, odds are they either haven't found any evidence of metastasis (ideal), or what they've found is just beginning, in which case it will respond to treatment. Plus, the fact that this was found on a routine checkup helps immensely.
Whatever you do: A. Don't listen to survivability statistics. Remember that those are based on when the cancer is detected, the attitude of the patient, and other factors that don't apply. Many patients aren't diagnosed with cancer until they're dead. Others are diagnosed late in the game. Others do things against medical advice. Some may die from other factors (since these things tend to hit older people). So if someone gives you a set of months or years, or a percentage for survivability, understand that's the far lower end. Besides, an optimistic attitude plays a major factor.
B. I don't need to tell you that cancer (or the threat thereof) involves family and friends. Be there.
C. If you get lucky, and it's benign, you've still got a family member coming out of major surgery. We know you'll be there for her.
D. Also note that cancer is one of those words in the english language that is rarely spoken, but usually involves euphemisms ("malignancy", "tumor", "long illness", etc.). That's because it's really scary. I prefer to face my enemies. MAke your own call.
My thoughts are with you and your family Tac.
Good luck.
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Good luck Tac, Hope it goes ok.
You know there is a reason for this dont you?
Only need to find out what it is.
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She came out of surgery yesterday. They estimated 6-7 hour surgery, it was over in 3. Docs say it didnt seem to have spread... awaiting pathology analysis now.