Today, September 1st begins Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. As some of you may know this is not my first experience as a caregiver for a cancer patient. Three weeks after the birth of my dear granddaughter her mother was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. She was 21 years old at the time. Her only symptom was bloating, which we thought was a result of her giving birth. Pain and discomfort sent her to the emergency room one night. What followed was emergency surgery and several months of chemotherapy. Ovarian cancer has been known as the silent or whisper cancer because it's symptoms were believed to be very vague. Or symptoms not unusual to most women at some point and time.
My grand's mom made full recovery. My plea to you is to know the signs of ovarian cancer. Don't ignore persistent (for more than one month) or worsening signs of bloating, abdominal pain, urinary changes-frequency or urgency, eating and feeling full quickly.
For more information on Ovarian Cancer please go to ovariancancer.org, howdini.com and search: ovarian cancer, or just google ovarian cancer. If you are a male, please share this information with someone you love.
What's so extra about this post is that as I was preparing to write today the question came to me if Sarcoma Cancers have an awareness month. When I googled the question I found that there is currently an ongoing campaign for congressional recognition to make the month of July National Sarcoma Awareness month. Hmmm...July...July 13, 2010 is the day we received Dad's diagnosis of Ewing Sarcoma-Askin Tumor.
Save a life, break the silence -make someone aware today.
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| Papa and Leif |
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| Papa and Leif the day we celebrated her mom being cancer free! September 2008 |
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