Real stories

‘There are lots of lessons to be learned about hysteroscopy’

Charlotte shared her experience of hysteroscopy and we blog about the lessons that need to be learned from what happened

“We all felt the buzz of being part of an important community event, but we also enjoyed getting together as mates on a mission.”

Jill talks about being the penultimate batonbearer for the common wealth games after her amazing fundraising efforts for Eve.

‘Equip yourself with knowledge early, and fundamentally, choices’

Naomi shares her story of her mum’s ovarian cancer and finding out she has a BRCA 2 alteration.

Dear Debs,

Eve CEO, Athena, writes a tribute to Get Lippy Ambassador, and dear friend, Dame Deborah James.

“As someone who has a learning disability, cervical screening was a big thing for me to go and do.”

Get Lippy Ambassador, Ciara, writes about going for her cervical screening as a woman with a learning disability.

Vulval Cancer Research Fund- new project to detect signs of vulval precancer before it turns to cancer

Researcher Ashton blogs about our first project to come out of the Vulval Cancer Research Fund.

Is Ignorance Bliss?- The next stage of Fenella’s story with genetic testing

‘So I felt a bit like I was out in the wilderness – carving a path of my own’

Emma shares her experiences of her diagnosis of small cell ovarian carcinoma for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

‘Know you aren’t alone, even if you have a rarer cancer’

This Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, Sara shares her story of being diagnosed with germ cell ovarian cancer.

Before- my journey through genetic testing for the BRCA1 alteration

Fenella writes about how she feels heading into genetic testing for the BRCA1 gene alteration.