Stories

At the age of 74, I went to the ER after experiencing shortness of breath while swimming, a feeling of fullness or bloating, frequent need to urinate and general malaise...

My journey started many years ago, maybe 12-15 years. Back then I was told I had a floating mass not connected to anything. It was just floating around. Then I...

My Ovarian Cancer was caught early because of a hard spot in my lower left abdomen. I went to my Gynecological Oncologist to tell him about it. He said that...

In November, as an out-patient, I underwent insertion of a ureteral stent that I will keep for 3 months when I will have a repeat procedure. I use two drugs...

I completed 8 rounds of radiation for ovarian cancer in April of 2023. It was a piece of cake versus chemotherapy, but it was not without complications. About a week...

My story started 3 years prior to my diagnosis in 2006, when I was getting routine pap smears that were coming back with abnormal cells. My primary care physician couldn’t...

In October 2023, my wife started having fatigue symptoms. By January 2024, she was also having a foot problem. She was told she had plantar fasciitis and was given cortisone...

Hi All - In May 2022, I had ten days of the runs, and I thought it was a nasty bug. I wasn't getting better; my abdomen filled up with...

In 1995 I was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. I was treated in a military facility by a gynocology oncologist. I underwent surgery and 6 rounds of chemo (cysplain...

I think I was terrified for the entire year after I was diagnosed - stage 3C. There was so much that needed to be done to me - urgently (and...

My story oh I was bleeding very heavily and went to the doctor. The doctor just told me I was going through menopause. I had to go to a wedding...

I am a survivor of 25 yrs. I was one-year post menopause and I started spotting. I knew that was not good news but not the usual symptoms. I had...

My battle began on August 1, 2020. Treatment went well from August until November. I was able to get surgery in December 2020 with the HiPEC procedure. By Feb 2021...

In January of 2021, I was working out and started having a hard time catching my breath. My first thought was that I had COVID. I had just run 6...

I thought I was having another diverticulitis flare but a CT scan showed right ovarian cancer. I underwent a TAH (all reproductive organs removed). Staging showed 1C3 with positive cancer...

I originally was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2019 and it came back in 2021. I’ve gone through surgery to remove a big tumor, total hysterectomy and chemo. Second time...

When I first started having symptoms, with my stomach hurting and bloating after I ate. I went through so many upper G.I.‘s and lower G.I.‘s. The doctor said they couldn’t...

Found out that a second round of 6 treatments didn't affect the size of the adnexal cyst or blood markers. Beginning another round of 3 then re-evaluate. Probably will have...

I watched my mother be so stubborn that even when it looked like a fist was popping out of her stomach she refused to see a doctor. When she had...

I never dreamed that this would happen to me. I was first diagnosed in Jan 2020 with stage 1C with suspicious mesothelioma cells found in the abdominal fluid. Was treated...