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Sep 19

The Omentum Project is pleased to announce our online video series, “Learn. Try. Share.”

If you had an omentectomy, are curious to learn about the function of the omentum, and perhaps most importantly, want to learn about ...

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May 19

A custom illustration of the Omentum

Thank you to Heidi Schuman, a junior at Springfield College majoring in studio art. Heidi created a gorgeous graphite, pen, and ink illus...

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Apr 6

Digestive Issues: Not “Polite” Conversation …. Important to Quality of Life

Digestion: so important, but not considered a “polite” topic of conversation. A 2016 survey conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of ...

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Mar 4

Free Webinar: Together We Can Learn About Living Without an Omentum (May 30th)

The Omentum Project Advisory Team is hosting a free, educational workshop for cancer survivors living without an omentum, "Together We Ca...

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Feb 1

Travel: The Final Exam

Traveling is like a final exam for me: I have to apply all the things I have learned about managing Post-Omentectomy Fluid Retention Synd...

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Jan 7, 2019

What’s In a Name? Post-Omentectomy Fluid Congestion Syndrome (“POFCS”).

After a great deal of reflection, I have decided that it is important to have a name that adequately reflects the complexity of the condi...

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Nov 7, 2018

Bloated and Scared

Bloating? Again. Oh, God….. Please, please don’t let it be Cancer. Again. Fifteen months after my ovarian cancer surgery, which included ...

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Sep 3, 2018

What is an omentectomy??

“What is an omentectomy?” I asked as I read the surgical report. A few days before, I had learned that I had ovarian cancer, and my omen...

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Aug 24, 2018

Why the omentum?

Welcome! Wow. My first ever blog post... Why the omentum? Because my omentum was removed as part of cancer staging surgery in 2014. The ...

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