tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post3075719542859190351..comments2023-11-03T07:29:16.334+00:00Comments on The Potty Diaries: Ovarian Cancer and Pasties in the same post - who'd have thought it?Potty Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-57610652507317547922009-11-19T09:34:48.649+00:002009-11-19T09:34:48.649+00:00Solveig, thanks for commenting and sharing your si...Solveig, thanks for commenting and sharing your sister in law's story.<br /><br />GPM, thankyou too - especially since your experience is of the opposite outcome of OC than Solveig's sister in law.Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-52931591393677115752009-11-19T00:55:41.085+00:002009-11-19T00:55:41.085+00:00I feel that I've been so lucky (if having canc...I feel that I've been so lucky (if having cancer can be lucky of course) as my ovarian cancer was diagnosed, purely by chance, very early. If I'd had any of the symptoms I would probably have ignored them. Don't ignore them ladies, and don't let your GP ignore them either. There's as much need for GP education, I suspect, as for educating us non medics.guineapigmumhttp://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-22028427270716151352009-11-18T20:03:02.336+00:002009-11-18T20:03:02.336+00:00Thank you for this post. My brother's wife ha...Thank you for this post. My brother's wife has terminal ovarian cancer - she was diagnosed just after she turned 30. She has 2 children. <br /><br />It's a devasting illness - it was just too late by the time she realised something was wrong. Like Expat mum said in her comment, a few months before she was diagnosed her stomach started to swell so much that she looked pregnant. She thought it was a cyst.<br /><br />Of course most women experience these types of symptoms at some point, but it's so important to be aware that ovarian cancer can be a cause of them.<br /><br />S xsolveighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216295134402251661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-55045849379866762812009-11-18T09:05:49.940+00:002009-11-18T09:05:49.940+00:00Tattie - you and me both.
EPM, thankyou for tha...Tattie - you and me both. <br /><br />EPM, thankyou for that.Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-49874316267791695442009-11-18T02:33:01.245+00:002009-11-18T02:33:01.245+00:00I have to share (not quite) my own story - a decad...I have to share (not quite) my own story - a decade ago I used to have au pairs. Oh what a jolly group they were - mainly English, Irish and S. African. One night, they were all milling in my kitchen before their 11 o'clock departure for whatever party, and joking about Victoria's swollen belly. I gave her a few laxative -related suggestions but my own au pair phoned her doctor father in England, who said "Get to a Doctor".<br />The doctor referred her to a hospital, they opened her up - and closed her back up again. Too late. It's a chance in a million, but there is no age minimum as we learned with Victoria - 23.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-38136741620650685012009-11-17T22:20:20.717+00:002009-11-17T22:20:20.717+00:00Excellent post but will never look at Cornish Past...Excellent post but will never look at Cornish Pasties in quite the same light....well I will but I will also snigger!Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-12475609417863306942009-11-17T20:57:01.086+00:002009-11-17T20:57:01.086+00:00Thanks More than - and as to the pasties, I'm ...Thanks More than - and as to the pasties, I'm sure you could, although I wouldn't go for the tassels - I think those are more for evening wear...<br /><br />Pig, I'll watch out for that recipe with interest!Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-39562248535645333502009-11-17T20:51:11.429+00:002009-11-17T20:51:11.429+00:00oh dear. I'm going to post a recipe for pasti...oh dear. I'm going to post a recipe for pasties next. Now all the mental images are wrong...Pig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-8046020819999724892009-11-17T20:34:27.867+00:002009-11-17T20:34:27.867+00:00Being the hypochondriac that I am, I of course now...Being the hypochondriac that I am, I of course now believe all these symptoms are mine. An excellent post raising the profile of this awful disease. <br />I wonder if I could get away with wearing pasties to work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-66977823615806444752009-11-17T17:07:08.625+00:002009-11-17T17:07:08.625+00:00Thanks for the very useful advice. Someone I used ...Thanks for the very useful advice. Someone I used to work wtih died of ovarian cancer, a horrible disease.nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-48963435265824118262009-11-17T15:49:30.341+00:002009-11-17T15:49:30.341+00:00Mwa, my best wishes to your Mil and family.
Peaco...Mwa, my best wishes to your Mil and family.<br /><br />Peacock, yes of course, those symptoms can mean any number of things, you're absolutely right. I think the thrust of the advice though is to try and eliminate ovarian cancer as a possibility as soon as possible since - like most cancers - the earlier it's caught, the better the chances it's treatable.<br /><br />MadHouse, so sorry to hear that this affects your family, although at least you've been able to take action, I guess.<br /><br />Liz, it is horrible, although your mum's friend's survival is a positive statistic for a cancer which has one of the lowest survival rates.<br /><br />Iota - finally! I thought I was alone in wanting to make that joke. We are sisters in bad taste, I fear...Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-8510664697484379302009-11-17T15:42:42.381+00:002009-11-17T15:42:42.381+00:00Dying to make a joke about Cornish pasties, but fe...Dying to make a joke about Cornish pasties, but feeling it might not travel well in print.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-59721492007781270242009-11-17T15:33:41.686+00:002009-11-17T15:33:41.686+00:00This is a very useful post - as others have said, ...This is a very useful post - as others have said, ovarian cancer is one of the hardest to diagnose. One of my mum's friends had it in her fifties, fortunately she survived but it's a horrible thing.Liz (LivingwithKids)http://www.kidstart.co.uk/livingwithkidsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-91859986632308152932009-11-17T11:57:43.449+00:002009-11-17T11:57:43.449+00:00Ovarian cancer is one of the hardest to diagnose, ...Ovarian cancer is one of the hardest to diagnose, as its symptoms are so vague and could cover a number of woman issues. My Aunt died of ovarian cancer and I carry the BRACA 1 gene, so had my ovaries removed last July as a precaution as my lifetime risk of having ovarian cancer was in excess of 60%.Jen Walshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374363403295342745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-53106438825575265272009-11-17T11:40:05.964+00:002009-11-17T11:40:05.964+00:00Those symptoms can of course relate to other thing...Those symptoms can of course relate to other things. I have most/all of those symptoms but it is endemetriosis/polycystic ovaries.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15452082852708707013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-74220098159874770702009-11-17T11:03:28.449+00:002009-11-17T11:03:28.449+00:00Thank you for that. My MIL has ovarian cancer just...Thank you for that. My MIL has ovarian cancer just now - it's a scary thing.Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.com