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Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance

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We are the leading non-profit organization in the world combating ovarian and all gynecologic cancers.

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❤️‍🩹 Motherhood doesn’t stop, even when your body needs time to heal.

A little shopping trip with my family 🛍️❤️ because I still want to enjoy life and make beautiful memories with my little ones.

Behind the smiles, I’m navigating life after a hysterectomy. Some days are easier than others, and I’m learning to listen to my body, prioritise rest and take care of myself.

I’m sharing my journey to raise awareness about women’s health, borderline ovarian tumours and life after a hysterectomy. 💗

We don’t always talk about the physical and emotional challenges that can come with recovery. If sharing my experience helps even one woman feel less alone, it’s worth it.

💕 Still a mummy. Still me. Still healing. One day at a time.

Let’s keep talking about women’s health and make sure no woman feels she has to face her journey alone. ❤️‍🩹

#HysterectomyRecovery #WomensHealthAwareness #OvarianTumourAwareness #MacmillanCancerSupport #mumlifeuk❤️❤️❤️

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Let conference #1 of the weekend begin. All checked in. Room temp set on “morgue” just how I like it. (Better for cozies) Thank you so much @ocrahope for having me share my story in hopes that others might benefit. 🩵

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So honored to take part in OCRA’s Survivors Teaching Students Program today. Raising our voices so future patients are heard - and giving future physicians more than a checklist. Stories are powerful. Stories connect. Hope moves us.

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We had the honor of assisting @ocrahope with their charity bike ride, it was a beautiful day filled with good stories and good people. #ovariancancerresearchalliance #ovariancancerawarenessmonth #williamsburgva #williamsburgvirginia

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One of our own, the lovely Will is swimming 21km for 10 HOURS STRAIGHT to raise money for ovarian cancer research next Saturday October 17! What a star! Please support Will and this important cause. Please donate here

https://www.ocrf.com.au/fundraise/swimatho-2026

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Way to be Ken! Thanks for raising awareness for ovarian cancer at tonight’s baseball game! Go BRAVES! 😂⚾️😂 🩵⭐️🩵

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Allah 🤲 ka shukar hai 😇

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It was 9 years ago today that this gentle and beautiful soul joined the Angels in Heaven. She was only 54 when she chose to end her 3-year battle with ovarian cancer when the chemo stopped working, and after multiple surgeries had failed to correct debilitating complications.

Even near the end, her spirit remained strong, and her thoughts were on others rather than on herself. She asked me to keep supporting ovarian cancer research, which I continue to do by donating to www.ocrahope.org. She also asked me to share her cancer story of misdiagnosis and late detection/treatment so that others might avoid her fate. To this end, Mary and I established a Nursing Scholarship at Seattle University (her alma mater) a month before she died. This fall, the 10th recipient of the Mary Buike Memorial Scholarship in Nursing will be named; a legacy of which I know Mary would be immensely proud.

Mary's greatest legacies, of course, are her daughter and her two granddaughters, who are thriving!

Mary loved life and was happiest when she was baking, working in the garden or on a hike enjoying nature's beauty. She was not afraid of dying. She told me near the end that she wasn't sad she had to die: She had experienced so much joy in her life that it just wouldn't be right to end it being sad!

I was so incredibly blessed to have shared Mary's extraordinarily joy-filled life for 11 years as her partner.

#ovariancancer

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A little adventure, reminding myself of everything I have to look forward to after my operation ❤️🏕️ I do feel quite vulnerable in sharing this, but if it can help other women and myself, it’s worth it ❤️‍🩹

I’ve shared more in the slides about what’s been happening. We’re still waiting for the full picture, and alongside the uncertainty, I’m trying to get my head around major surgery and surgical menopause at 39.

I wanted to share this to help raise awareness of ovarian cancer investigations, surgical menopause and the impact this can have on your life, even when you look happy and well in photos.

If you’ve had both ovaries removed, with or without a hysterectomy, I’d really appreciate hearing your experiences of recovery, HRT and getting back to exercise and adventures. What helped you most?

Feel free to comment or message me privately. I know everyone’s experience is different, but hearing from women who’ve been through it would mean a lot ❤️

Just to add for context for ladies who may have experience in this situation, depending on histology results I may not be allowed to take HRT.

I'm on the two week cancer pathway so everything is moving very quickly which is helpful 🙏🏼❤️‍🩹

#OvarianCancerAwareness #SurgicalMenopause #HysterectomyRecovery #WomensHealth #MenopauseSupport

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Grateful to be walking my 4th year to help spread awareness! I celebrated how far I’ve come, cried for the immense gratitude & love felt and to also remind you to listen to your body.
Ovarian cancer symptoms can be subtle (bloating, pelvic pain, feeling full quickly). Know the signs, spread the word, and know you’re not alone! 🩵

#OvarianCancerSurvivor #TealSteps #fcancer #KnowTheSymptoms #OvarianCancerAwareness

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DAY 30 Of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Always making a fashion Statement. This is the best way to spark up a conversation about Ovarian Cancer.

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As #OCAM comes to a close, I want to thank each one of you who brought Ovarian Fitness Orlando to life. Whether you donated money or gift as an individual or sponsor, time as a volunteer, emotional and mental support, provided space for us as a host, fed us, showed up on event day, sweat with us in a class, gave encouragement and care, captured photos and videos, prayed or sent us good vibes, THANK YOU.

We exceeded our annual stretch goal of $30,000, because of you! That means since we brought this event to Orlando in 2019, we’ve collectively raised $200,000 for @ocrahope !

I’m full of thanks for my partner and Co-chair @sasbaird23 and our OCRA’s Director of Events, Diana Maynard for endless hours,
spreadsheets, emails and texts.

To our hosts @studiosoul_lakenona @islandfinpokeco , our corporate sponsors @abbvie @sherrystrongoc @nateragenetics #merrilldunnavantbaird #thebairdfamily all our vendors and inkind sponsors, we are so grateful.

Thank you @michelleimperato at @wesh2 for highlighting our event. Thank you@mayorbuddydyer of @thecitybeautiful Orlando for recognizing September as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and lighting Orlando teal on our event evening. It was a beautiful way to celebrate my 18th cancerversary.

For the ones we love beside us, for our “why’s”, for the ones who don’t have the option, for the ones no longer with us, this if for you.

Ovarian Fitness Orlando 2026, signing out. 🩵

The best of these photos are from @scott_a_miller_photography

#oforlando2026 #ovarianfitnessorlando2026

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