Recurrence
- Meg at chemo in 2023 “Recurrence.” Not the word I was expecting. Made sense, though; it gave me answers. I was sitting in “the little...
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- Jul 2, 2022
“Eat Popcorn for Science”!
Women Needed for Research Study on the Processing of Salty Foods Step 1: Are you eligible? Take the Part 1 Eligibility Survey: Processing...
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- May 23, 2022
Free Webinar on Thursday May 26th: "Together We Can Learn About the Omentum"
The Omentum Project needs your help! We need 400 women to Eat Popcorn for Science... learn more on the webinar this Thursday, at 7 pm...
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- Mar 12, 2021
Answers Needed Regarding the Biology of the Omentum
Dear Omentum Project Community: Please help us inspire a researcher. Please share this post with contacts in your network who might be...
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- Nov 10, 2020
Learn About the Omentum
The Omentum? Several medical professionals I have met over the years are not familiar with this organ. Dr. Anita Burock Stotts was no...
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- Sep 19, 2020
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, 2020
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...
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- Apr 6, 2020
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, 2020
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...
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- Feb 1, 2020
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...
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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...
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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...
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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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