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Karen Spriggs (kleigh)


December 28, 2006


Houston, Texas


01-27-60


Ovarian Cancer


Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma


June 1, 2006


Stage 3C


Yes


Lymph Node Removal, Re-excision Surgery


Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel)


Cancer Survivor


It comes back...sometimes


cramps (like the kind that you have when ovuating)just sort of different…
slight weight gain
being just a bit more tired than usual, but ultimately


June 1, 2006 Laproscopy…ultimately colonoscopy, and partial small intesting removal…with lymphnode involvement

June 12, 2006
Placement of a port-a-cath for IV chemo.

October 5, 2006
Coloscopy take down (reversal), and debulking…removal of tubes, ovaries, omentum, and more lymphnodes.


June 20, 2006, and every following 3 weeks…through August 29, 2006…then the last 2 of the 6 treatments – November 7, 2006 & November 28, 2006
Carboplatin & Taxol
I really didn’t know what to expect with the first treatment. Felt great for 24 hours after…but then I felt like a semi-truck had run over me about 10 times…or worse case of the flu X 20! Twelve days later, I had a reverse mohawk going on (hair falling out)and had my husband shave my head. The worst of it was losing my eyelashes and eyebrows! You know your hair is going to go…but no one told me ALL of my body hair would go Talk about being striped of your “womanhood”! I still wince when I think of those times!
Numbness in my feet(Pins & Needles)...always worse by the end of the day.


I’ll take my chances without it


June 21, 2006, and every following 3 weeks…through August 30, 2006…then November 8 & November 29, 2006
Injection of Neulesta
Major bone and joint pain…and I just thought chemo did a number on me!

Aranesp…only when my red count and platlets would get below normal. That wasn’t often


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One Month before DiagnosisViews: 180

One Month before Diagnosis

Company golf tournament…
Me with good friend/co-worker Angie, who has supported me through all of this. When I went out for my second surgery the end of Sept., Angie participated in the Race for Cure, running in my honor. A week after I returned to work my company held a Thanksgiving luncheon for all the employees. Angie presented me with a plaque that she made, with her running number, along with her registration for the race. On the back is the tag that she wore, saying that she was running in my honor. I HAD NO CLUE! I was sooo very honored! Needless to say…there wasn’t a dry eye at my table, or the one just behind me!

HUGS THANKS ANGIE
Posted on December 30, 2006 at 12:20:39 AM by Karen Spriggs
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