I'm Terrified That My Cancer Is Back

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Cristy survived her original cancer diagnosis but worries that her worst fears will come true with her next scan. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live
0:04.7	radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on serious
0:09.5	XM Triumph 111.
0:11.1	Christie, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, Dr. Laura, it's an honor and pleasure to speak with you today.
0:19.4	Thank you.
0:21.0	What can I help you?
0:22.4	Well, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer last July of 2023.
0:28.0	So I had a full hysterectomy and then six chemotherapy treatments which just ended in February
0:39.2	last month.
0:41.1	Boy, you really, you really had a challenge there. Wow. Yeah. I was very lucky. I caught the
0:49.8	cancer early at stage one, which is unusual for ovarian cancer.
0:57.1	So I was very lucky.
1:00.2	And I was feeling good about completing my chemotherapy treatment and I did very well through the process.
1:09.0	So I had my first surveillance CT scan a week ago, you know, basically to check to see how things are going. And that's part of the follow-up care that you do like
1:26.6	every six months I'm supposed to have the C scan and they found an area of concern during this CT scan.
1:36.1	So now I need to have a pet scan which will tell us
1:41.1	if this area of concern, is in my lymph nodes in my abdomen area in the
1:48.5	iliac area. Yes and it just has me so frightened and I don't want to be overly dramatic about using the term PTSD but when you're waiting to find out if you have
2:06.5	cancer or not it just it's very scary and I know ovarian cancer is a very aggressive cancer.
2:15.2	So now I'm just, I was feeling so good about,
2:20.1	you know, get catching the cancer early, finishing chemo, and now I have to worry again about having
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