ENDO Messages for October, 2001: Re: Comments Please-To Amanda

Re: Comments Please-To Amanda

From: Samantha (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Oct 27 12:27:12 2001

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At Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Amanda wrote: >
>Samantha and all angels,
>As Kristy said, there's really not enough info to know right now. As
>far as I know there are no treatments to protect us from this happening.
>I wanted to thank you for posting this article though, I found it and
>the links very interesting. One of the things that really got my
>attention was from the link that was provided for ovarian cancer. It
>said that they are looking into the possiblity of testing the levels of
>CA-125 in women, higher levels can indicate ovarian cancer. It has also
>been reported that women with endo have higher levels of CA-125, or as
>they called it the "tumor marker".
>Something else I thought you might find interesting. There has been
>research about endo and certain diseases. Basically they found that
>women with endo and their families are more likely to have immune
>diseases than the general population, also an increased risk in ovarian
>cancer and breast cancer. This concerns me as well. My aunt had a
>hysterectomy I would say over a decade ago for endometriosis. Five
>years ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was in remission
>for a while, and then a few months ago she passed away from the cancer.
>She has been the only one in my family to have breast cancer. This
>raises a fair amount of concern for me. I don't want to scare you, just
>wanted to let you know of some of the studies that have been done, and
>this just proves that more research needs to be done. Sorry for going
>on and on and on. :) Take care and God Bless.
>Love and Prayers,
>Amanda

Dear Amanda, Thank you for sharing what happened to your Aunt, my sympathies goto you as it must have been difficult to write that. I found it very interesting what you wrote about CA-125 and I agree more research is needed so we can prevent Endo sufferers developing further more serious, life threatening illnesses. Take Care Samantha :)

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