 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | MrsSmitty, not all patients will experience the same signs or symptoms. Many OC patients will not experience any symptoms at all until the OC is a Stage 4. Thats why its important to get to the right professional who can help you. Not every OC patient has an identifiable tumor the doc can see. Thats why they do all the testing to make certain there isnt something hiding somewhere. But this can be difficult to discover as the scans only pick up things bigger than a grain of rice.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
