Ovarian Cancer Stories

I was diagnosed last December 2012 with stage 3-4 ovarian cancer. In November I started feeling bad, not anything specific just tired and down. Around Thanksgiving I thought I was constipated. I had taken medicine for it and I assumed it hadn’t worked because my abdomen was swelling. I went …

My name is Rivcah MacLean. I am a ovarian/cervical cancer survivor. It all started when I was 13. I dropped to the ground in the school bathroom in a crazy amount of pain. I was screaming and another student heard me and got my teacher. She explained that I probably …

Hey, my name is Sheila. I had ovarian cancer in 1993, and I had a complete hysterectomy. I was 28 years old, and I battled with the decision to have it or not. I wanted another baby but the doctor told me I needed the surgery and that the cancer was …

At the age of 24, I was diagnosed with stage 2 ovarian cancer. I had seen four doctors within two days. The first three doctors told me that the pain/discomfort I had was simply “normal for a girl,” and that I was “too young to realize that.” After being told …

Hi all! My name is Jamie. My life was as close to perfect as I could get, after the childhood I had. Growing up as an orphan, nothing ever came easy for me. But, with a beautiful husband, and three beautiful daughter’s for me to love and dote over, how …

In January 2011, a couple of months after turning age 51, I found out I had a meningioma tumor in my brain.  Had surgery…it was benign (thank God) and had a follow-up gamma knife radiation treatment in June of the same year to remove a tiny piece that was left behind.  …

My story isn’t about me; it’s really about my sister. She is 52 years old this week and fighting stage IV ovarian cancer. She is a rock! She gets up everyday with a great attitude. She has refocused her efforts on family, friends, and making beautiful jewelry. She doesn’t always …

Hi, my name is Terri. In 2010, I was diagnosed with stage 3b ovarian cancer and stage 1 endometrial cancer. My only symptom was my irregular heavy periods,which I had had for 30 years. I just thought menopause was kicking in. My surgery told a whole different story. I underwent …

In the 11th month of my 47th year, I was diagnosed with stage 3c ovarian cancer. My ob-gyn first thought it was fibroids. She had me get a sonogram and a cancer antigen test. The sonogram came back with a mass in my left lower quadrant and the cancer antigen …

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 …