daeckardt

@daeckardt (6237)

United States • Age 64

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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Discussions (174)

daeckardt's Discussions

Trip to Thailand set!

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 1 May 13

Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I will be leaving for Thailand next month. I have looked forward to this for several months. Only problem is I waited too long on getting the tickets. My brother was able to find...

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2 people

my condition update

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 16 Apr 13

Hi everyone! I don't remember the last time I actually started a post here about my condition, but I will go back to the beginning of the year. I had just one more cycle of my last regimen left when the year started, but...

cancer

recurrence

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Update on my condition

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 8 Feb 13

Hi everyone! Sorry to fall so far behind on updating people on what is going on with me. I'm not sure when the last time I got in here was, but I've had some recent issues. I finished with chemo about two weeks ago or so and I...

the big c returns

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5 people

Great Results with treatment!

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 17 Oct 12

I went in today for day 8 of cycle 4 on my topotecan treatments. My counts were good so the treatment went on! I asked the nurse about the results from last week's CA-125 test since I did not receive a call with the information. I...

tumor marker results

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2 people

Life goes on...

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 10 Oct 12

I went in today for labs and chemo. My day started off bad because I set my alarm for 7:30 and didn't actually wake up all the way until after 8:30. I did make it to the clinic only about 20 minutes later than scheduled, but I...

cancer treatment

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4 people

treatment update August 19

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 19 Sep 12

I went in for my weekly labs and treatment this morning. The nurse left me hanging for about 15-20 minutes before she came and drew my blood. Then she sent the blood to the lab and I waited for what seemed like an eternity. About...

cancer treatment

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Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 19 Sep 12

Hi everyone! I'm not sure this has been brought up yet or not, but I will get on my soapbox for a few minutes. For those who know me, I am currently in treatment for a recurrence of ovarian cancer. The strange thing about my...

ovarian cancer awareness month

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chemo update

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 12 Sep 12

Hi everyone! I just wanted to fill you in on the past week or so. Last week, I was not able to get a treatment because many counts were too low including platelets and hemoglobin. By yesterday my hemoglobin was down to 7.2 so...

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4 people

treatment update

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 6 Sep 12

Hi all! I have been doing pretty well overall, but have had a few minor setbacks. I was not able to get a treatment this week because my platelet count was at 39,000 (needed to be at least 70,000 and normally is 100,000) and my...

cancer treatment

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I just got a new cat!

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 1 Sep 12

It was actually about two weeks ago, but I wanted to wait until the new month started to start posting a lot again. I went to the humane society back in July looking for what pets were available planning to get a dog, but they...

cat

new pet

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6 people

Update on new chemo

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 17 Aug 12

I don't know if I had mentioned it a couple of weeks ago, but they started me on topotecan. It was supposed to be given three weeks on and one week off. Only problem was my white counts were too low on the second two weeks. I saw...

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I am finally finished with 2011!!!

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 3 Aug 12

I mean the discussions from mylot that were in my email folder. When I started today, I had about 1278 emails in my mylot folder and I went through and looked at over 60 of those, many of which had multiple discussions in them....

lots of emails cleared

mylot

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2 people

Another new chemo

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 1 Aug 12

Hi everyone!!! Even though I am still fighting with the swelling caused by fluid back-up that is a result of heart failure and using blood thinners to fight blood clots, my doctor started me on a new chemotherapy today. It is...

chemotherapy

new treatment

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In and out AGAIN!!!

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 27 Jul 12

Can you believe my luck??!!!? My legs were so swollen up by Wednesday that I went in to the clinic and they sent me to the hospital to get some lasix and to make sure things were under control because when they looked at me they...

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I did something new today

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 19 Jul 12

I didn't really know what to expect when Phillip called me to go to the regional airport to "welcome back" one of our fallen soldiers. I knew it would be something of a somber event since this was a young man, but I knew that we...

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The latest updates...

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 8 Jul 12

I guess I am posting this here because it is not so much cancer related but more a matter of life in general... First off, I am not sure what the last thing I posted was so I will just go back to the last time I was in the...

medical issues

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2 people

I have some bad news and some good news...

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 13 Jun 12

Doesn't that sound ominous??? I will actually start with the good news I think. I was told my CA125 was down to 40 so the cancer front looks good. Unfortunately, when they did the CT scan, it showed blood clots in my lungs. I'm...

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3 people

Room mate problems

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 19 May 12

For those of you who know me, you might or might not know how much of a "bleeding heart" I am for what I consider to be a good "sob" story. When I was still living in the motel last year, I got to know one family that was living...

illness

room mate problems

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Some good news...FINALLY!!!

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 21 Apr 12

As many of you may know, I have been in the hospital for the last several days. I found out Thursday that I had c-diff so every time the nurses came in the had to have gown and gloves on. Yesterday they did both a CT and a CA-125....

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In the hospital ...again

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 18 Apr 12

Hi everyone! I bet this isn't what you wanted to hear from me after my last update...I haven't been doing a very good job of keeping up on things in here lately. If I hadn't seen posts from one of my favorite friends in here, I...

hospital

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