CONSUMING THE DARKNESS AFTER CANCER Originally posted on ovariancancerisnothing.wordpress.com It had been a while since I’d cried that hard – that honestly. This blog post has been rolling around my mind like a marble clanking on the side of a plastic cup. I sat on the bathroom floor hugging my husband two days before the [...]
DON'T SAY YOU'RE SORRY, PLEASE JUST DO BETTER Miserable with abdominal bloating and fatigue and following an ultrasound and a CT scan, I found myself being examined by a gynecologist who stopped mid-exam and said "I am 99% confident you have ovarian cancer and women die from that." He walked out of the room without [...]
HOOKED ON RESEARCH I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2004. The first four years were pretty rough. I recurred – twice. I underwent three major surgeries, and with the last I had part of my liver removed. I went through five therapy regimens and participated in a vaccine phase I clinical trial. I have [...]
WHY ANOTHER COMMUNITY FOR WOMEN WITH OVARIAN CANCER? If you are someone whose life has been affected by ovarian cancer you are likely asking yourself: "Why another community for women with ovarian cancer?" There are already several support and advocacy groups and numerous forums on social media where women share their experiences, ask questions and [...]
ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY My desire to become an oncologist was nested in one goal- to help achieve better: better treatments, better survival curves, better quality of life. I laid out a career built in patient care, clinical research, and novel therapeutic clinical trials, and for the most part, that’s the path that I’ve stuck to, [...]
