doicat's MedHelp Blogs https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/653618 Medical communities and forums staffed by doctors from leading medical centers. Over 325 forums and communities providing medical information and medical help. en Looking for That Thank You Note Hello to all of you wonderful ladies here on Medhelp. I’m sorry I haven’t been as active lately but doicat Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:42:08 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/133690/Looking-for-That-Thank-You-Note https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/133690/Looking-for-That-Thank-You-Note Yet Another Clinical Trial and Yes, I Love Being a Guinea Pig! Hello friends! Well I’ve decided on a treatment and yes it is yet another trial! I talked to my do doicat Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:44:01 -0400 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/103891/Yet-Another-Clinical-Trial-and-Yes-I-Love-Being-a-Guinea-Pig https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/103891/Yet-Another-Clinical-Trial-and-Yes-I-Love-Being-a-Guinea-Pig Once Upon a Time in the Dark Piney Woods..... “Once upon a time in the Dark Piney Woods, lived a Coon and a Possum and an Ooooold Blaaaaaack Crow.“ doicat Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:58:19 -0400 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/98903/Once-Upon-a-Time-in-the-Dark-Piney-Woods https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/98903/Once-Upon-a-Time-in-the-Dark-Piney-Woods My Second Visit to MD Anderson Hey friends….got back Thursday night from beautiful downtown Houston Medical Center! The place really doicat Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:36:50 -0400 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/98183/My-Second-Visit-to-MD-Anderson https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/98183/My-Second-Visit-to-MD-Anderson What's Next? Met with my Austin doctor Thursday. It appears that the trial is not working for me. So what’s next doicat Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:51:02 -0400 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/94147/Whats-Next https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/94147/Whats-Next Poem: She Needed the Quite This lovely poem was written by a very gifted cancer survivor last week for yet another soul that los doicat Tue, 05 May 2009 16:42:10 -0400 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/86575/Poem-She-Needed-the-Quite https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/86575/Poem-She-Needed-the-Quite Poem: She Needed the Quite This lovely poem was written by a very gifted cancer survivor last week for yet another soul that los doicat Tue, 05 May 2009 16:41:10 -0400 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/86574/Poem-She-Needed-the-Quite https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/86574/Poem-She-Needed-the-Quite CT Scan Man Okay,,,did another CT Scan last week. The clinical trial has me doing one every 8 weeks apparently.. doicat Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:23:22 -0400 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/80234/CT-Scan-Man https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/80234/CT-Scan-Man I'm Happy for the Ones the Chemo is Working For Once I was diagnosed with cancer and did the surgery that took out the tumors and healed somewhat, I doicat Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:37:39 -0400 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/70791/Im-Happy-for-the-Ones-the-Chemo-is-Working-For https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/70791/Im-Happy-for-the-Ones-the-Chemo-is-Working-For Mardi Gras Chemo Man Monday, while in chemo, there was this lovely man there all dressed up for Mardi Gras. He had on a l doicat Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:21:24 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/66928/Mardi-Gras-Chemo-Man https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/66928/Mardi-Gras-Chemo-Man Purple Power Port Placement Friday, I finally got the Power port put in. Again, my doctor didn’t want to wait to get it put in b doicat Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:48:57 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/65791/Purple-Power-Port-Placement https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/65791/Purple-Power-Port-Placement We All Want To Finish Things When my girl was little, friends and acquaintances would ask me when another little one would come al doicat Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:41:12 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/64516/We-All-Want-To-Finish-Things https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/64516/We-All-Want-To-Finish-Things I am Officially in the Trial EC145/Doxil Got a call tonight around 9:30 from Tex. Onc. When I saw the caller ID, my heart dropped! News that doicat Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:42:03 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/62987/I-am-Officially-in-the-Trial-EC145-Doxil https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/62987/I-am-Officially-in-the-Trial-EC145-Doxil Space Mountain Anyone rode the ride at Disneyland called Space Mountain? Have you noticed that most of the big roll doicat Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:32:53 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/62674/Space-Mountain https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/62674/Space-Mountain Starting a new Clinical Trail ... Yes! Thanks all for your comments and support...I took all suggestions to heart and last night, e-mailed m doicat Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:01:10 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/61545/Starting-a-new-Clinical-Trail-Yes https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/61545/Starting-a-new-Clinical-Trail-Yes So Now I'm A Housewife? or Children of the Corn Okay,,,since my dx in September 2008, I’ve pretty much not worked. Surgery, recovery, chemo. I reme doicat Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:42:40 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/61012/So-Now-Im-A-Housewife-or-Children-of-the-Corn https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/61012/So-Now-Im-A-Housewife-or-Children-of-the-Corn Fins to the Left,,Fins to the Right and I'm the only bait in Town Jimmy Buffett…I’ve always loved his music. Reminds me of weekends on Lake Travis, here in Austin or doicat Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:42:40 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/59640/Fins-to-the-Left-Fins-to-the-Right-and-Im-the-only-bait-in-Town https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/59640/Fins-to-the-Left-Fins-to-the-Right-and-Im-the-only-bait-in-Town The Story of the 3 Little Pigs The Onc/gyn doctor said to me in my preop meeting, “you will need chemo after the surgery…you will lo doicat Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:39:15 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/59360/The-Story-of-the-3-Little-Pigs https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/59360/The-Story-of-the-3-Little-Pigs Preparing Myself to be a Guinea Pig? It has been over a week since my 4th Carbo/Taxol chemo. I'm feeling so much better now. The nausea doicat Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:37:50 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/58677/Preparing-Myself-to-be-a-Guinea-Pig https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/58677/Preparing-Myself-to-be-a-Guinea-Pig Medicare Widens Drugs it Accepts for Cancer Saw this in the New York Times and thought ya'll would be interested. Avastin and Gemzar are two of doicat Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:42:35 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/57546/Medicare-Widens-Drugs-it-Accepts-for-Cancer https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/57546/Medicare-Widens-Drugs-it-Accepts-for-Cancer