I started getting pains and swelling in my stomach in May 2011. I went back and forth to the local surgeon for a few weeks as the pain was getting worse. The doctor I saw at the beginning diagnosed me … Continue reading →

On June 26, 2006 I lost my grandmother to ovarian cancer. I was very close to her. She always had a smile on her face and whenever our family was having a great time, she was there. In just three … Continue reading →

Carrie, my companion of eight years, was diagnosed with stage III ovarian cancer just after Thanksgiving this year. Last week I took her to the hospital and turned her over to the surgeon, Dr. Joel Webb at Deaconess Hospital in … Continue reading →

I received an ovarian cancer diagnosis January of 2010 and I felt like I got whacked on the head by a two by four. It was a big wake up call. It’s overwhelming, frightening, and lonely. It knocked me off … Continue reading →

On August 17, 2011 I had a laparoscopy to figure out why I was having pain for three years. When I woke they told me that I had ovarian cancer stage 1c. They took out my left ovary and 60% … Continue reading →

My mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer 2008. She called me one night because she was hurting and didn’t know what it could have been. Her lower abdomen started swelling a little that night. I told her to go to … Continue reading →

To celebrate my eighteenth birthday, my girl friend and I went to Planned Parenthood to get birth control. After having an internal exam, the doctor there thought I was pregnant due to the large mass he could feel in my … Continue reading →

I miss my MOM sooooo much. It is so true that ovarian cancer is a silent killer. My story begins one day when I called my mom from work and noticed via telephone as I talked to her she had … Continue reading →

I am a 46 year old female, I was diagnosed in 2008 at the age of 43 with stage 3C ovarian cancer. It had started out with me having a number of cysts throughout my life time and the end … Continue reading →