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Name:
Sam (slockwooclimbs)

Member Since:
October 14, 2006

Home page:
Click here.

Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Birthday:
6/1/74

Profile:
Cancer Survivor

Cancer Info

Type of Cancer:
Ovarian Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer:
Ovairan Cancer

Diagnosis Date:
2/16/05

Stage of Cancer:
Stage 2

Tumor Size:
07

Lymph Node Involvement:
No

Surgery:
Hysterectomy

Chemotherapy:
Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel)

Fundraising Goal:
endless

Money Raised:
over $25,000 for the HERA Women's Cancer Foundation in the past three years

What I Hate Most About Cancer:
It can kill us and it hurts.

What I Have Learned From Cancer:
There can still be beauty in life no matter what.

Things My Supporters Can Do To Help:
www.bittergravity.com/samantha

Alternative Cancer Treatment:
green tea daily but not while on chemo.

Cancer Drugs Positives & Negatives:
chemo completely sucks except for the fact that it has kept me alive.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:
2/16/05 – Left Ovary, falopian tube, pelvic tissue, lymph nodes removed
Side effects, horrible scar, numb skin.

9/24/08 – full hysterectomy

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:
6 rounds of Carbo Platinum and Taxol from 3/18/05-7/8/05
major side effect after the chemo was stopped: fatigue, memory loss

Started chemo again in October of 2008. Taxol, Carbo Platinum and Avastin. Switched the taxol to taxotere after four rounds because of neuropathy. Major symptoms, nausea, fatigue, nose bleeds, low white blood cells, memory loss, did I mention fatigue?

Fundraising Description:

www.bittergravity.com/samantha

slockwooclimbs's Cancer Blog

October 28, 2008

Update on my recurrence or whatever it is.

The doctors told me I’m an over achiever when it comes to cancer. I’m one of the rare 34 year olds who just keeps getting it. Sometimes it is no fun to be so unique. More…

Posted on October 28, 2008 at 5:30:17 AM by Sam ( Link to this post.

Update on my recurrence or whatever it is., Post a comment.

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texcin threw a punch at your cancer.

September 15, 2008

recurrence?

The mass has grown on my right ovary. It looks like endometriosis, but with my history there is a 50% chance it is cancer. They think it is contained. But they won’t know for sure until they … More…

Posted on September 15, 2008 at 5:02:42 PM by Sam ( Link to this post.

recurrence?, Post a comment.

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Slockwooclimbs's Stats

Posts:	11
Photos:	4
Events:	0
My Supporters:	10
I Support:	7
Comments:	37
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