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Expansion Exercise with Dr Jason Spendelow

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In our workshops with Dr Jason Spendelow, we’ve been looking at how we can deal with the feelings we have after a diagnosis with pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) or appendix cancer. One of the techniques Jason introduced us to is expansion. Expansion means opening...

We thought it was nothing more than an ovarian cyst

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My journey started in October 2013 (I was 53 years old), when I had an ultrasound to determine if I had gallstones or an issue with my gallbladder. I never thought it would lead to a diagnosis of Mucinous Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma. The results showed a small cyst and...

I was told it looked like ovarian cancer… but it wasn’t

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Early in 2014, I noticed my waist was expanding without explanation – my diet hadn’t changed and I wasn’t pregnant (After having two kids, I didn’t think much about my “baby belly,” but it seemed larger than reasonable). Then I noticed that when I lay down in bed, my...

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