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I want to talk about something personal and important to me.
Today is #WorldOvarianCancerDay
My mother-in-law was diagnosed with ovarian cancer when she was 52.
She didn't have a gynecologist. Didn't get routine pelvics. When the symptoms first started, she ignored them.
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Today is #WorldOvarianCancerDay
My mother-in-law was diagnosed with ovarian cancer when she was 52.
She didn't have a gynecologist. Didn't get routine pelvics. When the symptoms first started, she ignored them.
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When she first started showing some bloating, we thought she was just putting on a little weight... Just her usual lose a few/gain a few ups and downs.
In retrospect, she carried it a bit differently though. It was localized bloating not ordinary weight gain.
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In retrospect, she carried it a bit differently though. It was localized bloating not ordinary weight gain.
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When diagnosed in Stage I, ovarian cancer has an over 80% survival rate.
That rate drops sharply the later it is diagnosed.
By the time my MIL was diagnosed, she was well into Stage III - both ovaries and other proximal organs involved.
If we had only known the signs.
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That rate drops sharply the later it is diagnosed.
By the time my MIL was diagnosed, she was well into Stage III - both ovaries and other proximal organs involved.
If we had only known the signs.
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Women... and men... please learn the first symptoms.
Ovarian cancer presents as dismiss-able things at first.
Know what they are. Remember them. Commit them to memory.
And heed them.
Let your doctor be the one to say there is nothing to worry about.
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Ovarian cancer presents as dismiss-able things at first.
Know what they are. Remember them. Commit them to memory.
And heed them.
Let your doctor be the one to say there is nothing to worry about.
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My mother-in-law passed away after a 4-year fight.
On what would have been her next b-day, I donated my wedding band to the support group that cared for her. It was a way to honor her memory.
Learning the signs and helping me share them would mean the world to me.
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On what would have been her next b-day, I donated my wedding band to the support group that cared for her. It was a way to honor her memory.
Learning the signs and helping me share them would mean the world to me.
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