“Like the doctors, I thought ovarian cancer was only seen in older women not young women like me. We were all wrong and it must not continue to be discounted when women like me, no matter our age, present with symptoms.”
Miracle’s Story
“As a young working mama, I never thought cancer would be part of my journey,” she said…. Being misdiagnosed was the most traumatic part of this journey as I was told by my gynaecologist that pathology came back with no findings from the first biopsy and I was cleared for cancer,”
Diane’s Story
“The first real sign something wasn’t right was having excruciating pain under my ribs and down the ribs on one side and really struggling to breathe, resulting in a collapse at work and a hospital admission,” she said. “An ECG showed I wasn’t having a heart attack so a chest CT was taken and showed several blood clots in both lungs.”
Rachel’s Story
“In six months, I’ve gone from being told my treatment was palliative to being told I’m now in remission,” she said. “My fight isn’t over but I’m giving it everything I’ve got. I feel amazing, I feel alive. There’s nothing like a cancer diagnosis to make you sit up and listen to your body.”
Burnetta’s Story
“My hair was long before chemo, so I let my daughter who was 6 at the time cut it into a bob. That gave us all a few laughs. But when I did eventually go bald, she found it hard because I no longer ‘looked like mummy.’“Like other types of cancer, ovarian cancer doesn’t just affect the person going through it, but the people around them”