r/GirlDinnerDiaries • u/ariesinflavortown I ❤️ Other People's Business • 18h ago

BIG WIN 🥳 I made it 🎊🎊

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Photo is cathead biscuits and gravy

I have no evidence of disease!!!! Having ovarian cancer has been the scariest experience of my life and I’m beyond thankful every day I pulled through. I have to continue testing routinely but fingers crossed everything stays on right path.

There has been so much that’s happened in such a short period. In March, I had pain in my side that was diagnosed as a UTI. No big deal. Then everything went downhill. The pain got worse and worse. The third doctor I saw discovered a giant tumor that stretched across my ovaries and most of my abdomen. It weighed 18 pounds on its own!!!

I started chemo almost immediately after my surgery. Things went south again, and I was in a coma for 11 days. I had to relearn how to talk after getting a trach. I spent almost a month at a rehab hospital building up my strength to walk again. And I’m so goddamn proud of myself.

I would never say I’m happy I had cancer. However, this experience has given me such an appreciation for everything. I still have things to figure out. I need to determine a career path. My medical bills are next-level insane. I physically can’t do some of the things I used to.

But I’m home, on the mend, cuddled up with my cats. And that’s what really matters <3

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u/Ingawolfie APPROVED✨ 18h ago

F cancer sideways up the *** with a cactus.

I’m currently battling leukemia. I didn’t go through an eight of what you did, but cancer is cancer and it’s evil.

I’m just glad you were diagnosed in time. The symptoms of ovarian cancer are so vague a lot of women get dismissed altogether or diagnosed too late.

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u/ariesinflavortown I ❤️ Other People's Business 16h ago

Sending you lots of good thoughts! I’m so sorry you’re having to deal with this too :(

I am extremely thankful that we caught it in time. It was already in advanced stages, but still responsive to chemo and able to be mostly removed through surgery.

You’re 100% right about the symptoms. I brushed them off for a long time because they just seemed normal.

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u/Ingawolfie APPROVED✨ 12h ago

Thank you. I am currently in remission. I hope you are, too.