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Thank you! Take good care of yourself.

@LeslieA have an amazing trip!! It is so well deserved. Can't wait to hear all about it. #Anythingbutcancer

Thank you all for your thoughtful comments. It was a long day at PMH. My hubby has a terrible cold but had to drive me so we propped ...

Thank you for your post @lbarr72 At the start of my journey I remember reading that 90% of things we worry about don't come ...

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Hello everyone, My name is Alison Ross (Ali) and I am Ovarian Cancer Canada's Director of Knowledge Mobilization. I am happy ...

Hi all, It feels like I have continuously run into road blocks the last couple of months with my healthcare providers. Whether ...

Hi West wind My surgeon told me I had lots of adhesions in my pelvis and abdomen. My guess is from my endometriosis. About ...

Good luck, hope it’s all good. 😊 ...

Hi Everyone, I am 6 months into Lynparza treatment and my bloodwork continues to be stable. All my cancer markers (CA 125, ...

best wishes to you @Always Learnnig

Happy Teal Thursday everyone ! Snowing a bit here, but not nearly so bitterly cold ! I was reading the comments from yesterday ...

Hi all and happy Thursday. I'm currently at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) for my routine two month check in. Will have my ...

@LeslieA . I'll be on the workshop too! As for stats, I believe for every statistic there is an equally compelling counter statistic. ...

hey Leslie - I am attending the same one! In fact, I must get off here right now...

Funny…well not, but when I asked what are my chances of survival, I get different answers each time. So yes…I would love to hear ...

Gratitude 123, Thank you for speaking about statistics. I could not agree more! Initially, I was in great despair about ...

Thank you Gratitude 123…Wise words to remember Mitch OT

Hi @LeslieA … lentils!!! 😡 I want to love them but they mess with me too now. Nicely done on your exercises for the week. ...

@brendalee I love all the variety in your activity. Congratulations on all you've accomplished 👏. Belly dancing sounds ...

Hey @LizR … ok I'm still getting chills over the snow bathing 🥶 Thank you for ordering the warmer cold weather 😊. We ...

Hi to all of you, I am one of those people who "lurk' in the background and emerge to toss out a comment once in a while. ...

Hi @melissa … you should celebrate the cardio you are accomplishing. Well done on the steps! I too have more of a ...

Hi All, I am still plugging along with exercise classes. I ate a lentil salad for lunch last Tuesday and my belly felt congested ...

Let's see....on a few days I jumped on the rebounder for 2x 10 mins. and did some weights at home..Friday started teaching a friend ...

Hi EAPs! Good for you @alwayslearning and @melissa for keeping at it and doing what you can. It is hard to hit your goals ...

Thanks so much for your helpful response. There sure is a great deal of posts about adhesions and I found a mention of a cancer ...

hello ladies, it has been a while since I have written anything, but i read most of the posts in this thread! In terms ...

Hello EAP's...well I hit my goals this past week. Yeah!!! Plus I added an extra hour of playing Pickleball so got a bit more ...

Hi @brendalee ... it sounds like you have some good opportunity coming up to discuss this with your extended medical team. ...

Hi @WestWind ... your question is timely as we had a discussion about adhesions recently in a separate post. If you go type ...

@WestWind ... understood. We all have those days. Please give yourself grace. You've been through a lot and we all know the ...

I am having a fair bit of abdominal pain and am wondering if it is from adhesions as I have had three large abdominal surgeries ...

Thanks for your response. I am on lists for a therapist but the waiting time is long. I guess I could find a private therapist ...

Hello at @ColleenNK ... thank you for the update. I'm glad your recovery is continuing well. I had a lot of nerve pain ...

@Fredbarnie I'm glad you stayed on them to correct your appointments. I know it's frustrating. Self advocacy is one thing ...

@Fredbarnie I hope the call goes well today (Monday). Hopefully your oncologist will hear what you are saying and provide some ...

Hi @brendalee ... I was in Human Resources for 30+ years and understanding, interpreting and utilizing employment laws, ...

@WestWind I'm so sorry that you have so much to deal with outside of managing your diagnosis. Do you have anyone in your group ...

Hello @TFA and welcome to OVdialogue. I appreciate the note of thanks and share that with all my Teal Sisters who lend ...

Hi everyone. My last chemo was Nov 29, and I have been waiting and waiting for my bowel to settle and poos to become normal size ...

Good morning Recovery from surgery is going well, I am having some nerve pain but it is beginning to subside. I started ...

Good morning sisters, Yes, I am often one of the voiceless, but always near and adsorbing. LeslieA your response was so very ...

Hello Westwind, I have been thinking about you a lot since reading your recent posts. I am glad you are here. Many of us ...

Yes I have had mistakes on some of my reports as well as I read them over again and I call to have them corrected. They had my ...

Hello, Thank you for taking your time and replying to my questions and thank you for your encouragement. I am not on any ...

Always Learning - were you involved with law at one point either as admin or lawyer? Once upon a time I was a legal secretary ...

Thanks for sharing!!! That is great news and will give so much hope to many women. ❤️🥳 ...

Thanks for your response. I have become more than slightly exasperated with him telling me both you have an 80% chance of re-occurrence ...

Hi @Fredbarnie (Julie), This is my first post but I have been avidly following discussions every day on OV Dialogue for ...