Jack’s TC Journey
June 2023 - I had just celebrated my 31st birthday, eagerly anticipating our family's first holiday abroad with my partner Rachel and our...
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Mar 810 min read
Ovarian Cancer: If it can happen to me...
Ovarian cancer. One of the cancers that our charity has ceaselessly campaigned to make women aware of regarding the signs and symptoms...
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Jan 243 min read
Ovarian Cancer: A Journey with Twists, Turns, and Triumphs!
Cancer - it’s a word that can make you go, “Oh F*ck”. Did you know that 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer at some stage in...
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Dec 20, 20236 min read
The Road Less Travelled
At the time it didn’t process. Shock. Plain and simple. It felt like an out of body experience, happening to someone else. Cancer....
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Oct 4, 20233 min read
My TC Story - Alan Hatton
Once in February 2021 and again in March 2021 I went to see my GP with a lump on "righty". Told both times it was "just a cyst, nothing...
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Jun 26, 20232 min read
Lowrie's Story: 'Cyril the Ovarian Cyst'
Lowrie shares her experiences with ovarian cancer after she was diagnosed with an ovarian cyst during pregnancy.
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Jun 12, 20232 min read
Halle's Story: Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer
Halle tells her story after being diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer at 15 years old.
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Apr 3, 202310 min read
Me, Myself & Ovarian Cancer
Written by Claire Angus "Today I sit here a new person, although I may need to have a further operation and have regular bloods and...
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Mar 29, 20233 min read
Chloe's Story
Written by Chloé Etheridge. "If you take anything away from reading this, please do not ignore persistent discomfort in your body" Image:...
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Nov 9, 20222 min read
It was not an ovaryaction.
I moved back home after living in Australia for a year, had a new job and had moved in with my best friend. Life was perfect. I started...
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Oct 31, 20222 min read
My Mediastinal Germ Cell Cancer Story
On Monday 1st July 2019 my life radically changed forever. I woke up struggling to breathe and my face and neck were swollen beyond...
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Oct 17, 20222 min read
My Battle Against Ovarian Cancer
Hello ! My name is Emma and I’m 23 years old. At the beginning of September I got diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Leading up to my...
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Apr 19, 20222 min read
My Testicular Cancer Story
A couple of months before my diagnosis there were irregularities on my left testicle, by the end it was very hard and enlarged. I was...
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Apr 19, 20222 min read
How a charity stall saved my life
Hi, my name’s John and in 2017 I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Prior to this and over the years I've had the chance to host and...
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Apr 19, 20224 min read
My Testicular Cancer Story
Hi guys, I find it really important to talk about my experiences, especially as a young man (we don’t talk enough) to get the message...
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Apr 19, 20226 min read
#TalkingBollocks for 20 years
Cancer has always played a big part in my life. I lost both my parents to cancer when I was 19. They died 5 weeks apart. Since that age...
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Mar 23, 20224 min read
High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
Hi. My name is Anne and in May 2020 at the age of 61 I started bleeding, after going through the menopause about 10 years prior to that....
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Jul 22, 20212 min read
Ovarian Germ Cell Cancer
I had been suffering with stomach ache, bloating and heavy periods for a long time and after numerous trips to the doctors I was told in...
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Apr 16, 20214 min read
My Cancer Journey
Jack Broadley, Testicular Cancer Survivor. Jack Broadley, Testicular Cancer Survivor At the age of 21, feeling untouchable and on top of...
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Mar 22, 20213 min read
Running into Survivorship
Sara Hawkins, Ovarian Germ Cell Cancer Survivor. Sara Hawkins, Ovarian Germ Cell Cancer Survivor As a young ovarian cancer survivor, when...
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