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This is my 6th September since being diagnosed in 2017, my 6th Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Here's what I want you to know if you're ending the month, wondering if you...

For me, this was the scariest part of the whole thing...it felt like I was being pushed off of a cliff with no guide as to how to get back...

I think there are two forms of grief that come with a cancer diagnosis - the loss of who you once were that you so badly wish at times you...

The truth is when you're diagnosed with cancer, you will experience various forms of loss. For those of us with ovarian cancer specifically, that can mean anything from the parts of...

The holidays are an interesting time of year without a cancer diagnosis - I think people either love them or hate them, there's really no in-between. I fall into the latter...

You're tired. No, you're exhausted...I get it! You wonder when is this ever going to get better or improve, how long does it take, does it ever get better? To be...

I won the lottery when it came to my lead oncologist. She’s not only literally my lifesaver, but she’s my friend and partner in crime when it comes to awareness...

For those of us who had an active lifestyle prior to being diagnosed with cancer, determining how we maintain some movement after diagnosis/surgery/during treatment, and/or how do we start again...

Losing your hair will be inevitable with the type of frontline drug the majority of women are given who have ovarian cancer. How you go about dealing with this side effect...well...

You can do hard things – you are capable of so much more than you ever thought possible. This is the advice I’d give to myself on the day I...

If you’re like me, you know exactly when Breast Cancer Awareness Month is. But if you’re also like me, after you were diagnosed with ovarian cancer you took to Google to...

Maybe you’re a survivor or you are a family member or friend of a survivor and you want to become more involved with ovarian cancer awareness, but you’re just not...

The biggest question I receive, since I had both endometrial and ovarian cancer at the same time, is whether I have a BRCA gene mutation or Lynch Syndrome. The answer is...

You’re probably reading this because you’ve heard the words “you have cancer”...with ovarian included. Chances are, I felt something similar to what you did...why? Because on January 19th, 2017, I heard the...

AdvancedOvarianCancer.net shares the stories and experiences of people living with ovarian cancer. We are highlighting the story of our advocate Randalynn who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the start...

January 19, 2017...it was the day a hard line was drawn in my life. The one that I’d never quite be able to go back across. Around lunchtime, I’d hear the words...