The Silent Killer

Yesterday I heard yet again another story about a young woman with ovarian cancer.  She went in for a scheduled cesarean section and in doing so the doctors found a tumor on her ovary. What started out as an exciting and precious day with the joy of having a healthy new baby became conflicted with the knowledge of ovarian cancer.  What I understand to be true is that she had no symptoms and was feeling healthy and strong. That is what makes this disease so deadly, often when you do get symptoms, the cancer is in the later stages making it a tough battle to fight.  It is important to “get your annual exams and screenings and know your families medical history," says former Olympic gymnast and gold medal winner Shannon Miller who just recently battled ovarian cancer.  The Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance  interviewed Shannon about her recent battle with ovarian cancer which I posted below.  What I found most interesting from this article was that she was just going in for a routine check up, almost didn’t go and was NOT having any symptoms even though she had a tumor on her ovary the size of a baseball. www.mesothelioma.com/blog/authors/staff/from-olympic-gold-to-ovarian-cancer-our-interview-with-former-us-gymnast-shannon-miller.htm