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Top 10 Things I am Asked About in my Practice:

By Dr. Orrange May 31, 2009 11:15pm 21 Comments

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1) Do I need an annual physical? As many of you know Medicare does NOT cover annual physicals... so the question is do you really need one?
For females over 40 you need to come in for an annual mammogram, and either a once a year or every three years (in low- risk folks) Pap smear.
For men and women over 40 I say you need to come in and this is …

Breast ultrasound, mammogram, MRI or all three? Where are we now with Breast Cancer Screening?

By Dr. Orrange May 8, 2009 2:12pm 26 Comments

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As much as we hear about breast MRI and other new modalities for breast cancer screening it gets confusing for people to sort out what is best for them. To keep it simple, for most of us mammogram is still the best imaging study. Screening mammograms start for most women at age 40 and that's where the debate begins. Every year or …

What is the CA-125 blood test and will it rule out Ovarian Cancer?

By Dr. Orrange April 22, 2009 11:17pm 4 Comments

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Ovarian cancer concerns many of my patients and I am often asked about the CA-125 (cancer antigen 125) blood test as screening for ovarian cancer. Many of you ask me if you should get the blood test for ovarian cancer and want to know what the story is. Ovarian cancer, when discovered, is often late stage and …

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archangels Jul 04, 2009

Journal Entry for July 4, 2009

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Things here are pretty dier and i am terrified i may lose my mum all because some idiot promised her something he couldn,t do! i have been with my mum most of the night and day,i have had no sleep mum has been twitching sweatimng like i have never seen before in my entire life,she has been screaming out and she,s crying non stop because of her pain,she could,nt even empty her bag because she was ...

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feeling sorry for myself

I was watching tv this morning and they were talki...

dragonfyre Jul 04, 2009

feeling sorry for myself

Saturday, July 4, 2009 | A Sad story

I was watching tv this morning and they were talking about people who dispite huge medical odds carried on, even spent their time helping others with foundations and being an inspiration to others about how they are overcoming and the great role models they are for not allowing disabling and life changing illnesses or accidents ruin their lives. Then I look at my own life in that perspective and ...

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dragonfyre Jul 04, 2009

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Saturday, July 4, 2009 | A Frustrating story

I hate the way I feel. It feels like whatever I do it's wrong, whatever I'm trying to do may be right but it just always seems to make things worse. 1 step forward and 3 back and nothing I do seems to change that. Growing up I sort of learned to not trust my emotions. They were always wrong or inappropiate and definitely couldn't be trusted and usually just got me into trouble or even...

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pepper09mos Jul 04, 2009

Not in a good place tonight

Saturday, July 4, 2009 | A Sad story

Not in a good place tonight cuz the only REAL friend that we hang out with is moving to NY state next Thursday. We don't want to be alone again. She got an awesome job and her bf got an awesome job. We are dog-sitting for her yorkie until Monday so they could go away for the weekend with relatives. We are really sad. We have been crying off and on since we found out in May. We don't know ...

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archangels Jul 03, 2009

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Friday, July 3, 2009

It is just coming upto 1am and i,m sat here wondering what the hell is going on with my mum! for those of you who don,t know, my mum has been in hospital for stopping all her medication,s as a result she went into withdrawel symptom,s,it was horrible she was really sick,because she refused to go back into hospital the hospital were so concerned that they applied to the court,s for an order from t...

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I feel great!

Just a quick update to let all my friends know, I ...

abfab Jul 03, 2009

I feel great!

Friday, July 3, 2009 | A General Update story

Just a quick update to let all my friends know, I am doing well. The chemo was ok...Im a little bit tired but apartr from that, no obvious side efects...yet!!
I have been back at work full time all week and I have loved it! I do rest up at night though, lie on the sofa after dinner, watch a bit of tele etc, it seems to be working out fine.
I have my 2nd appt for chemo on 20th July, they...

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Things are a bit of a mess, more so then usual. Wo...

dragonfyre Jul 03, 2009

Scared

Friday, July 3, 2009 | A Painful story

Things are a bit of a mess, more so then usual. Woke up this morning in tears. The Dragon Lady has been having some problems lately and I feel like I have let her down in a huge way. I'm not sure why or how but I know that I have. She tries to hide it from me, to take the blame for my tears but I know better. I have been a huge disappointment to her in so many ways but I will keep trying so l...

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Anti-depressents

Well, I started them today. Taking Esipram, which ...

JennyMay Jul 01, 2009

Anti-depressents

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 | A General Update story

Well, I started them today. Taking Esipram, which is apparently stronger than Zoloft (which I've taken in the past). Also had a blood test to rule out a thyroid problem, causing the depression. Personally, I think the only thing the blood test will reveal is how much I hate needles.
Probably started taking it at the right time, since my "friends" cancelled their ski trip here next mo...

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my pdoc put me on geodon today and never sai...

jimgreg Jul 01, 2009

never read on the meds the pdoc gives ya..

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 | A General Update story

my pdoc put me on geodon today and never said that much to me about it..i came home and looked it up online..WRONG THING TO DO I GUESS??. so now im all; worried on the adverse effects to it..why be on a med for bipolar if you have to worry about thew drug..kinda defeats my purpose...im kinda afraid now its taking me 3 yrs to get in wit one..he might decide that if im going to 2nd gues...

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Good News / Bad news!

Ok....so today I went for my pre chemo appointment...

abfab Jun 29, 2009

Good News / Bad news!

Monday, June 29, 2009 | A Breaking News story

Ok....so today I went for my pre chemo appointment and I had 2 shocks......
The first was that I have put on 7lbs since I left hospital!!!! Bloody hell.....really stop buying those big tubs of Ben and Gerry's Ice cream....lol
The 2nd shock...was that I am stage 1a, not 1c, as I was told by my surgeon 10 days ago! Allegedly, the cancer was in my left ovary only but....that there wasnt a stomach ...

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archangels Jun 28, 2009

Journal Entry for June 28, 2009

Sunday, June 28, 2009

It is now 2hrs to go then mum,s court order will cease which will mean that technally she can sign herself out of hospital again and tell em where to go,right now mum is still very yellow and she,s still hooked upto all the machines which are doing my head in! i wish she haden,t stopped the medication,s and i wish that plank who call,s himself a pain doc could realise that he should never h...

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Saturday, July 4, 2009

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Deep-vein thrombosis, also known as deep-venous thrombosis or DVT, is the formation of a blood clot ("thrombus") in a deep vein. It commonly affects the leg veins, such as the femoral vein or the popliteal vein or the deep veins of the pelvis. Occasionally the veins of the arm are affected (known as Paget-Schr�tter disease). Thrombophlebitis is the more general class of pathologies of this kind.

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