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Being diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei (or PMP) came as a huge shock. It was discovered accidentally as my usual yearly bloods showed abnormalities. My GP suggested an ultrasound because my kidney numbers were slightly down. It was during the ultrasound that the...
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I went into hospital for a hernia operation. Afterwards, I was told that it wasn’t a hernia but a ‘small, bloody mass’. The pathology came back as pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP). I was in hospital for 11 days for my cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC with...
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Initially, I had flu-like symptoms with pain in all the joints in my body followed by bad abdominal pain that did not go away. I was admitted to Gosford Hospital on February 11th, 2014 as they couldn’t diagnose what was causing the severe discomfort I was having....
Australia, Survivor's Story (Australia)
My name is Stacey, I’m 31 years old and a mother of five from the Gold Coast in Australia. I can literally say my baby and obstetrician saved my life! I had caesarean section on July 12th. This took 35 min and I was delivered of a beautiful, healthy, big baby...
Australia, Survivor's Story (Australia)
As a relatively fit and healthy 46-year old, to be confronted with a diagnosis of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei was extremely daunting, to say the least. When my doctor told me what he had discovered during surgery for a suspected ovarian tumour, I could barely pronounce the...
Australia, Survivor's Story (Australia)
My initial symptom was a tiny pain (feel like pins & needles) from my lower abdomen, it only last a couple of seconds, it came and went. I was a healthy, active mum filled with energy and a busy life style. This discomfort did not stopping me from doing anything...
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My PMP was discovered during a proctocolectomy¹ for what was thought to be an uncontrollable flare-up of Ulcerative Colitis. This turned into surgery to remove everything the mucin had touched in May 2001. I received heated chemotherapy during surgery ten days later....
Australia, Survivor's Story (Australia)
At Easter 2010, I felt uneasy, something was wrong but I couldn’t pin anything down. I had just had blood tests for my quickly approaching 40th but nothing had reared its head. Was I drinking too many coke zeros, at one a day? Time to give them up. Was I lactose...
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