title: My Personal Journey With Ovarian Cancer Treatment: Caring and Chemotherapy Tips.
abstract: Six years ago, I was diagnosed with stage IIIA ovarian low malignant cell potential cancer. It was the most shocking situation I have ever experienced. I didn't realize I had any symptoms, except occasional back pain, which I attributed to starting a new workout program. I had scheduled an abdominal computerized tomography (CT) scan for recurrent microscopic hematuria, which my internist wanted to check. I was told I would hear the results in two days. Two hours after my CT scan, while I was eating ice cream and watching television, an on-call genitourinary doctor (who I did not personally know) called to tell me the good news-that I had kidney stones, thus the microscopic hematuria. However, the bad news was that I had ovarian cancer that had spread to my omentum. He said he would call my gynecologist right away.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University in Bloomington.
authors.forename: Kim A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Decker
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000077216:Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D033262:Narration; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000379:methods; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: adverse reactions; chemotherapy; drug-related side effects; psychosocial support system  