Personal or family history of breast, ovarian or colon cancer
Undesired infertility or never being pregnant
Symptoms:
Pressure or pain abdomen, pelvis, back or legs
Abdomen bloating or swelling
Nausea, indigestion, gas, constipation or diarrhea
General tiredness all the time
Abnormal or more frequent/heavy vaginal bleeding
Vaginal bleeding after menopause
Shortness of breath
Most often these symptoms are not due to cancer, but only a medical provider can tell for sure. Any woman with these symptoms should report them to me!
Facts
All women are at risk
Early detection increases survival rate
A Pap test DOES NOT detect ovarian cancer.
Thank you all for your responses to last month's newsletter and thanks for passing it on! I look forward to hearing from you regarding the content on the newsletters and/or your requests for future issues. affinitygyn@hotmail.com
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