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Following a major operation in September to remove my left ovary, a cyst, my appendix and litres of mucinous jelly from my abdomen, in November I received the horrible news that I definitely had cancer. We didn’t know which cancer, whether it was mucinous ovarian...
#Valentine, all countries, survivor's Story, Survivor's Story (UK)
On the 4th May 1974, we married in the beautiful Christchurch Priory which was then Hampshire and is now Dorset, to have and to hold from this day forward. I didn’t realise how important the words in our vows “in sickness and in health” were at the time....
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In 2021, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, I had cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC at the Basingstoke and North Hampshire hospital. Because of the pandemic, visiting was strictly limited to one visitor for an hour a day for the duration of your stay (and it had to...
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Jemma Hi, my name is Jemma and my story started back in July 2020. On July 1st, I was awaiting to go into theatre to have a planned c-section due to my baby boy being in the breech position. During the surgery, whilst I was lying on the operation table, I was told...
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Kelly I am so grateful for the grant which I received. It has helped me financially during such a difficult time. I was diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei (or PMP) in 2019. I have had a full hysterectomy, cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC (also know by patients as...
#Basingstoke, #PseudomyxomaPeritonei, country, Peritoneal Malignancy Institute Basingstoke, Survivor's Story (UK), UK
For me, it all started with blood in my urine and an increase in the size of my stomach. In retrospect, I could feel the mucin moving when I walked. Now I’m on ‘watch and wait’. I had an ultrasound and a large cyst was found. They could not see where...
#MulticysticPeritonealMesothelioma, all countries, survivor's Story, Survivor's Story (UK)
Every few months I had pain in my left side and then it would disappear. After visiting the doctors several times, I was given a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The next time I had pain, four months after my original visit to the GP, it was so bad my...
#CopingWithPMP, #Fundraising, all countries, France, survivor's Story, Survivor's Story (UK), Switzerland, UK
I was a healthy 43 years old going about my business when in August 2014 I was rushed to hospital with a burst appendix. I had been suffering from bowel pain on and off for at least 2 years and assumed I had an irritable bowel so it was a relief to finally have my...
#LLHM, all countries, running for Pseudomyxoma Survivor, survivor's Story, Survivor's Story (UK), UK
I am a Pseudomyxoma Survivor! I was diagnosed in May 2018 and underwent life changing surgery and chemotherapy. From that moment I knew my life would be different and I wanted to make the best of every moment I have. So…. I set myself some goals and...
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