15 Cancer Blogs from maine, United States

Cancer Type: Lung Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: atypical neuroendocrine carcinoma

Bio: Supporting Milad in his fight against lymphoma and honoring others who are fighting or have lost their battle. His strength is my inspiration in life and on the court.

Cancer Type: Lung Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: adenocarcinoma

Cancer Type: Sarcoma

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: Myofibroblastic Soft-tissue Sarcoma

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: Surgery to remove tumor on 10/17/14

Bio: I am a daughter, a sister, a lover, a friend, an aunt, a niece, a cousin, a confidant, scared, afraid, brave, stronger than I ever thought, and just a stubborn as always.

Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: Stage IV breast cancer w/bone mets

Bio: Diagnosed, age 40, removed 10cm tumor from right testicle. Stage I seminoma with slight vascular invasion.

Cancer Type: Testicular Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: seminoma

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: radical orchiectomy; right side, pain for 3 days, soreness for 2 weeks

Bio: 54 yeas old, diagnosed in Jan. 2003, Transplant in April 2006.

Cancer Type: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Bio: I currently live in Portland Maine with my husband, Irvin, and our 4 pets. We have a chocolate lab, Eros, and Shih Tzu, Little Bear, a mini-poodle, Bandito, and a kitty, Mowgli.

Cancer Type: Ovarian Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: Right Ovary: Atypical proliferative (borderline) serous tumor with multiple foci of invasive low grade serous carcinoma. Left Ovary: Same thing, just micro-invasive.

Ovarian Cancer Symptoms: None really, maybe a little bloating and abdominal pain. This is the scary thing about ovarian cancer; few women have any symptoms at all.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: I've had 3 surgeries total. The 1st was laproscopic when they discovered I didn't have endometriosis, what they originally thought I had. That's when they discovered that the 2 huge tumors were either cancerous or pre-cancerous. On the 2nd surgery they removed the 2 tumors and managed to save my ovaries, but the patholgy sent to Johns Hopkins came back…more

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: Paclitaxel(Taxol)/Carboplatin(Paraplatin) combination, intravenous, 4 treatments total, 3 weeks apart. My first treatment was Oct. 17th. The side effects weren't been too horrible. Days 3-6 I felt really bad, but I never vomited! I just felt VERY weak, and VERY sick. I was so pale I scared myself in the mirror, and sometimes I felt so bad I couldn't even talk.…more

Cancer Type: Sarcoma

Bio: Grew up in Rome, GA. I've had far too many family members die from cancer. I have far too many friends/relatives in the present who are battling this cruel disease - but it won't win! Married again, May, 2016, and moved to Farmington, ME where my husband was already living. We are raising my young granddaughter and hope to adopt…more