I just read the site about Colleen and her mom with ovca. As sorry as I am for Colleen...it is horrible to lose a mom, I know, but I wish I were the one battling cancer. I am a mom in good health, a cancer survivor of first stage endometrial cancer. My daughter, Dawn was diagnosed 9 years ago, and has had probably every chemo that can be used....she had 2 surgeries before...she thought she was cancer free. There is a tumor on her liver and is not getting smaller, and now a couple of spots on her lungs. She has done all the right diets, from the very beginning. She has edema, she is taking water pills, and losing necessary minerals (i.e.,sodium) and thus is in pain. She has been so brave and a "take command" type of person...always upbeat. She is getting very fatigued, and isn't driving herself to appointments or to her part time job. She is on a small dosage of Dilaudid. She lives in California, I live in NC. She has always had a healthy appetite and though slim, could eat a lot of food....she is eating less. I have advised and suggested and hoped for clinical trials.....anything that could help her. She has seen one oncologist for these 9 years at Kaiser Permanente. I want her to live....is it going to happen? I am going for a visit on July 6 with my husband. I last saw her in December......she was tired, but peppy and garrolous. I am so scared, even though I am a person of faith. Is there a chance MDAnderson or Mayo could do anything more than Kaiser? She is 53, married, no children. She has not accepted my concern and thinks she has done everything she could. She wants me to respect her decisions, and even closed me out for several weeks for "interfering".