The Eve Appeal

Yesterday I added a list of useful websites to this blog.  As a result of this I had a look at these websites for the first time in quite a while, in particular The Eve Appeal website.  The Eve Appeal concentrates on gynaecological cancer and raises awareness, gives information and fundraises for research.  You can make a donation on their website and they also have an online shop - All for Eve that sells make-up and bath and body products.

According to The Eve Appeal website, in the UK '18,000 women are diagnosed and nearly 7,500 women die every year'  from gynaecological cancer, but 'awareness and funding of gynaecological cancers remains low.' Personally I have found this to be too true. I was diagnosed wrongly for many years and had no idea what the symptoms were for ovarian cancer. If you want to find out what symptoms to look for in regard to gynaecological cancer, take a look at the information The Eve Appeal gives on their website.

Hello

First off I should say that I don't have ovarian cancer. I actually have primary peritoneal cancer, which is very similar to ovarian cancer and the treatment is the same. Primary peritoneal cancer is very rare (especially in someone so 'young' as me) and most people (including the doctors) call it ovarian cancer or ovarian type cancer.

I found out in September 2006 that I had cancer, although I later discovered I had had it for many years, and by this time it was stage 4. My life has changed a lot in the last 4 years, but not just in a bad way.

I would like this blog to help people with cancer, whatever type they have, and hope my stories and thoughts can make life a little easier for them.