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Hi, I'm Janice, my diagnosis was on 24th February 2015 following my surgery on 2nd February 2015 to remove a suspicious cyst off my ovary.

I had previously worked in operating theatre at The Christie and kind of knew the result before I was told. It was Stage 2, Grade 3 aggressive Epithelial Serous Ovarian Carcinoma. It had spread microscopic onto my peritoneal wall. I thought I was prepared for the bad news but when I heard those words CANCER, I felt instantly like my heart had stopped and I couldn't breathe and my whole world had just collapsed beyond what was normal. 

My husband Phil and I were taken to a room to talk it through with the specialist nurse and it was then I broke down crying. All I could think about was my family, what happens if I die. You have all these fears and emotions running round in your head that you feel alone and like you have messed up bad. All I heard at appointments was the bad words not the good so I was pleased my husband paid attention to it all as I was numb for the first weeks after. My family were amazingly supportive and it was hard for them to however, I handled Chemotherapy like it never touched me so that helped them I think. Having Maggie’s is so amazing because there was nowhere to go and waiting around was hard. The Centre is there for us all, patients and families and the support there is just what's needed. Its beautiful and relaxing so being there will help so many people. I am very proud to be a model and speaker for Maggie’s and feel that this is a positive outcome of my illness to help others.

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