HELLO EVERYONE I HOPE YOU ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL DAY, I DO NOT WANT TO KEEP BUGGING YOU WITH ALL THIS, WAIT, YES I DO, THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. I NEVER WANT ANYONE TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT I HAVE GONE THROUGH, WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION, LEARN TO RECOGNIZE THE SYMPTOMS AND GET HELP SO THAT WE MAY ALL BE SURVIVORS.
SO PLEASE READ AND IF YOU HAVE TIME LEAVE ME A COMMENT SO THAT I KNOW I AM REACHING SOMEONE OUT THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HUGS DEB
Ovarian Cancer is a serious and under-recognized threat to women's health:
Ovarian cancer, the deadliest of the gynecologic cancers, is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among U.S. Women.
Ovarian cancer occurs in 1 out of 57 women.
An estimated 14,000 American women will die from ovarian cancer each year.
Currently, about 50 percent of the women diagnosed with ovarian cancer die from it within five years. Among African American women only about 46 percent survive five years or more.
Three out of four cases are detected in late stage when five-year survival is about 25 percent.
Ovarian Cancer is very treatable when it is detected early, but the vast majority of cases are not diagnosed until the cancer has spread beyond the ovaries.
In cases where ovarian cancer is detected before it has spread beyond the ovaries, more than 90 percent of women survive longer than five years.
Only 25 percent of the ovarian cancer cases diagnosed in the United States are detected in the early stages.
When diagnosed in advanced stages, the chance of five-year survival is only about 25 percent.
Ovarian cancer is difficult to diagnose because the symptoms are easily confused with other diseases, and because there is no reliable, easy-to-administer screening tool.
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A PEAK AT WHO'S GROWING IN THE GARDEN
GROWING A LITTLE SLOW DUE TO LACK OF WATER (TIME) BUT WILL BE READY SOON!
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What a lovely site. Thanks for doing your part to bring this dreadful disease to the forefront. Yesterday I had my final chemo session. I will be heading back to the cancer clinic for a followup in November and am praying that the news is good. I was caught early so it looks like (I hope)I am one of the lucky ones. But I intend to be a mouthpiece, too, for the uninformed. Bless you and what a lovely site. It made me cry. And yes, grandbabies are the sweetest. My daughter has two little darlings and their smiles melt my soul. Glynis
Dear Glynis,
O how I remember that last chemo, Nov, 18th 1999. Congratulations and God bless you. Thank you for the nice words. I am just hoping that I can help in some way to spread the word, I knew I could no longer stand back and do nothing. We are so blessed to be among the few that has been diagnosed early. You will be in my thoughts and prayers, keep in touch and stop back by to see what is growing in the garden . We will leave the light on for you.. Big Hugs Deb
thank you for this post. i just did a walk in september for ovarian cancer - and had a guest post from someone who was touched by it.
my friend's mom was diagnosed and we want to raise funds and awareness.
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