In the months leading up to my 22nd birthday in December 2019, my life consisted of piling onto packed, sweltering trains for work, leg-burning cardio sessions and enjoying the hustle and bustle of London’s vibrant city life…
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My story starts back in 2003. I’m living the student life at Cardiff University, and am right in the middle of second year exams.
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In June 2015, aged just 32, Natalie Hickton was given the devastating news that she had cervical cancer.
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In March 2019 my life changed forever. I had noticed some changes to my periods. They had become a lot heavier and painful. I had also started getting lower back pain and feeling tired all the time.
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When I got my diagnosis my first thought was, at last I can get some help now. The Royal Marsden is so special. I felt listened to and the team took me seriously. I knew I was in safe hands and that they were going to help me.
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Heather is on the ATARI trial, led by Dr Susana Banerjee at The Royal Marsden and The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR). The trial is part-funded by The Lady Garden Foundation.
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I am twenty, and I was diagnosed with Germ Cell Ovarian cancer in 2019. This cancer typically impacts young people between the ages of 17-30.
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Being ill took a lot from me and changed my life drastically, but I believe life is what you make of it and I’d like to say cancer has changed me for the better.
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Worrier To Warrior — One Woman’s Climb Up The Mountain Of Survival
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Lady Garden Foundation friend and warrior Laura Moses, has created a video on the subject of ‘Scanxiety’ to share with you all.
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My name is Clare. In 2015 when I was 41 years of age when I received a phone call saying I needed to see the GP urgently, following the results of my recent smear.
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For Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month, I have asked my aunt a few questions about her experience with cervical cancer.
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Kat Vitou, a mother-of-two became unwell while on holiday with suspected appendicitis, but a CT scan revealed that she had ovarian cancer. This is her story.
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Hey, so I am Lois and I am a 21-year-old Midwifery student from Kent.
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Preeti Dudakia, now 52, was only 47 when she was diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer.
Lady Garden Foundation supporter and PT at KXU Chelsea, Alex Lawson, has penned a poem for his teenage daughter.
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Sophie’s honest, sometimes gory and often cringey blog, Gash Gossip was birthed after she had a couple of run ins with cervical abnormalities.
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Laura Moses was diagnosed with stage 3C ovarian cancer. Here, she reflects on her journey thus far using the medium of poetry.
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“Everyone has a story, and this is mine.
My name is Dafina and I’m 39.”
Dr Larisa Corda is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
with a specialist interest in Fertility.