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     Deva Intermediate Member Username: Deva Post Number: 57 Registered: 02-2003 |
> I HAD THE CLASSIC Symptoms FOR OVARIAN CANCER, AND YET THIS SIMPLE CA-125 > BLOOD TEST HAD NEVER BEEN RUN ON ME, not as part of my annual physical > exam and not when I was symptomatic. This Is an inexpensive and simple > blood test! > > PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ALL YOUR FEMALE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO INSIST ON A > CA-125 BLOOD TEST EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMS. > > Be forewarned that their doctors might try to talk them out of it, > saying, IT ISN'T NECESSARY." Believe me, had I known then what I know > now, we would have caught my cancer much earlier (before it was a stage 3 > cancer). Insist on the CA-125 BLOOD TEST; DO NOT take > > "NO" for an answer! > > The normal range for a CA-125 BLOOD TEST is between zero and 35. MINE WAS > 754. (That's right, 754!). If the number is slightly above 35, you can > have another done in three or six months and keep a close eye on it, just > as women do when they have fibroid tumors or when men have a slightly > elevated PSA test (Prostatic Specific Antigens) that helps diagnose > prostate cancer. > > Having the CA-125 test done annually can alert you early, and that's the > goal in diagnosing any type of cancer -- catching it early. > |
