‘The thought of spending this Christmas without Judith breaks my heart – we were together for 18 years.’
Cathryn writes about losing her partner Judith to ovarian cancer and why she has released a book in her memory.
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‘I thought how can I be bloated when I haven’t been able to eat anything’
Della shares her story of being diagnosed with ovarian cancer at our OCAM launch event
‘We may not be able to change what happened to Sarah, but maybe someone else can be saved from the same outcome.’
Nikki’s sister, Sarah-Kate, died from a rarer type of ovarian cancer, called Small Cell Hypercalcaemic Ovarian Cancer, in September 2020. She was just 38 years old. Here, Nikki shares her story for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in hope to raise awareness of this rare and little-known cancer.
‘I was told I would have to wait for covid to be over to have my surgery.’
Toria shares her story of being diagnosed with ovarian cancer during the pandemic for OCAM.
‘If my mother had been diagnosed even a few months earlier, we might have had many more years together.’
Sally reflects on losing her mum to ovarian cancer 30 years ago, and what has changed, or not changed enough since then.
‘We hadn’t even heard of vaginal cancer before, and I only found out about it when I was being told that I had it.’
Laura blogs about being diagnosed with vaginal cancer just as the pandemic hit in 2020.
‘I’m making sure I do all I can to not get a preventable disease.’
Phoebe blogs about her experience of cervical screening with health anxiety for Cervical Screening Awareness Week.
‘It was really difficult for us all, going through this through covid’
Chris blogs about his mum who passed away from womb cancer in August and his big cycling challenge through GCAM.
‘I know how hard the festive season can be, I lost my mum to ovarian cancer seven years ago.’
Kerri blogs about losing her mum to ovarian cancer and why we need to support research and raise awareness this Christmas.
‘When I think back to how long I ignored the bleeding, I feel exasperated.’
Terri was diagnosed with grade 4, stage 1B cervical cancer 14 years ago after bleeding after sex, she tells her story for Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month and why she wants everyone to get abnormal bleeding checked.
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