Kitty

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Kitty, that is some story! I'm sorry that you had to go through all of

that, but I'm elated that you prevailed! Obviously, you are a wonderful

advocate for yourself. Keep up the great work, and good luck on making

that baby.

[ ] Al

> Hi Al, I lived through a big ovarian cancer scare three years ago, and

here I

> am, trying to have a baby! What looked ominous on an ultrasound, and

sent me

> on a 18 month journey of second opinions, tons of scans, and research

and $,

> turned out to be a form of an ovarian cyst. Not cancer.

>

> But as soon as the sono technician saw the big black mass on my sono,

she

> called the dr, and he did a CA 125 test on me. Of course it was a

Friday,

> and I had to wait until Monday to find out the results. Nerve

wracking

> weekend, but I actually met my dear husband that weekend! Figured I

better

> get out of the house if life was going to be short!

>

> So the CA 125 was negative, but they still monitored my closely by

doing

> doppler color flow scans. This kind of scan shows how good or bad the

blood

> flow is to the area in ?. If it is high blood flow, that is a great

sign, if

> low... could be beginning of trouble.

>

> Do you know what scans and blood work they have done for her?

>

> Tell her to hang tough. I had a gang of ghoulish drs hanging around

me

> telling me I needed a complete hysterectomy for a year and a half. I

fought

> them off with education, frequent doppler color flows, asking other

drs.

>

> In the end, the best and my angel was the chief of gyn oncology at

Hopkins.

> He is pretty much the #1dr in the world for female cancers. Is she

anywhere

> near the east coast?

>

> Also, I know I survived because the Lord healed me, SO many people

were

> praying for me. I called church prayer chains, the 700 Club, Benny

Hinn, you

> name it and asked for prayer. Went to a monthly small healing service

at an

> Episcopal church. Mainly kept my eyes on the Lord, knowing He would

heal me

> and protect me from a castrating surgery, and He did!

>

> Let me know what is going on, and of course I will be praying for her.

> God bless,

> Kitty