I am a 46 year old ovarian cancer survivor. I was diagnosed in 2008 with stage 3C ovarian cancer. I was 43 at the time and I had just gotten over the flu in 2007. I started having some pains in my side that caused me to double over and actually cry. My youngest son and my boyfriend were both here with me when this had happened. I originally thought I was gaining weight because I was getting too heavy around the mid-section and figured "ok, I will go on a diet and lose weight". Well, it turned out that wasn't the cause at all. After having the pain for 2 weeks, my boyfriend suggested that maybe it was cysts - that I had previously had - coming back. I made a doctor's appointment and went in. He ordered an ultrasound and it showed 2 cysts - one on each ovary. On the left one, it was a follicular (water filled) cyst and, on the right, it was a porcupine looking one that had started squeezing my ovary so much that it cut off the blood supply and caused me to keel over in … [Read more...]
