O varian cancer is the 6th most common cause of cancer death in women in the UK*, yet most women wouldn’t be able to recognise the key symptoms** – the most common being tenderness in the tummy, bloating and a reduced appetite. This Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, we speak to two women about their experience of the disease and its impact on their lives.
‘I was lucky it was caught early’
Claire Mckay, 40, is a teacher from Hampshire.
Clutching my side, I winced. It was September 2014, and I was at my teaching job, in the middle of a lesson. I’d had a nagging pain in my side for weeks and it was really getting me down.
