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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


kleigh's Cancer Blog

December 31, 2006

HAPPY NEW YEAR!Views: 270

I just wanted to wish each one of you a Happy & Healthy New Year in 2007!

Posted on December 31, 2006 at 6:08:38 PM by Karen Spriggs (Link to this post. , Post a comment. 3 comments)

Thanks Karen! Happy New Year to you too. I wish everyone peace, good HEALTH and happiness.

Posted on December 31, 2006 at 6:30:36 PM by jill

Happy new year. now we have u back! ok after reading this site. i had to make one for your neice! cheyenne’s page. We love you! xoxo

love coreyanne and cheyenne

Posted on January 12, 2007 at 1:17:04 PM by seattlemassageangel

All,

I would like to introduce to you my sister-in-law Coryanne and my niece, Cheyenne.
Okay…so this wouldn’t be such a huge deal to everyone…but I just met them Wed. evening during a phone call from my brother that I have never seen, just spoken to on the phone for the first time in over 15 years.

I was adopted when I was 4 days old…and didn’t realize that I had any brothers or sisters until I was informed that my biological mother passed away when I was either 21 or 22. The first time that I was able to speak with my brother was during my pregnancy of my daughter Kristen in the spring of 1986. I was then 26 and he was almost 18. We kept in touch until 1991 or 1992. When he was to be stationed in Japan. I never heard from him again…until the other night.
My niece Cheynne has been diagnosed with T-Cell ALL, the exact same cancer that my son had been diagnosed with in 1988. I have two other nieces, and I can’t wait to see them all in April then they come to Austin…they currently live in Seattle.
This is the best present that I could have EVER asked for!
I LOVE YOU JOHN!

Posted on January 12, 2007 at 4:11:37 PM by kleigh
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  Update on Karen

  I GUESS IT CAN'T GET ANY WORSE!!!!!

  OHHHHHHH HOW THIS SUCKS!!!!

  I Need More Than Senerity!!

  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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  01.27.07 - My Birthday



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