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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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dx |
diagnose, diagnosis
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FSH |
follicle-stimulating hormone
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IBS |
irritable bowel syndrome
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IVP |
intravenous pyelogram — study to look at the kidneys and ureters
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NED |
no evidence of disease
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s/s |
signs & symptoms
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SLS |
second-look surgery
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TAH / BSO |
total abdominal hysterectomy / bilateral salpingectomy and oophorectomy — removal of, respectively: uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries
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tx |
treat, treatment
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US |
ultrasound
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WAR |
whole abdominal radiation
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Lana
Submitted on 12/04/2003
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Last September our family's world fell apart when our Aunt LANA was
diagnosed first with breast cancer...she had a huge lymph node under her arm so
she was taken in three weeks later to have her left breast removed (little
time to recover from that surgery) and they found spots on her ovaries so
she was back in 2 weeks later for another surgery..which I understood once
they opened her up it was too much so they closed her back up..again this is
all foggy but it was definitely made clear that her cancer was incurable and
she was given a year..we all feel so helpless and she has had such a hard
time w/ her chemo treatments and her nausea, vomiting..When I talk to her
though she seems insistent on "fighting" for her life...we have so many
loved ones and friends praying for her..anyhow I am rambling too, I'd just
like to talk back and forth and have some support pals I can gather info and
even relay to her when she is so down and weak from this awful hated
disease...encouragement to fight it and hopefully extend her precious life as we all love her so so much.
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