My former wife had succumbed to ovarian cancer at the end of 2025 and despite this type having a deadly reputation, some of this was unfortunately down to her own making and not entirely down to the High Grade Serous Carcinoma that she was diagnosed with. I have looked through her medical letters dating back to 2020 and there did seem to be a constant pattern emerging in that she did not have a normal menopause. She had an ultrasound scan done at the time following a bleeding episode and it would appear that following medical advice that she should have her uterus and ovaries removed to mitigate the risk as one of her Fillopean tubes was inflamed citing an enhanced risk of a gynaecological cancer with the next 5 years (there was a history of deadly cancers in her side of the family of which none of them had survived 2 years after initial diagnosis). Unfortunately, she made the choice to ignore that advice to have the procedure done in early 2021 and within 3 years in 2024 was diagnosed with stage 3C ovarian cancer. She also had significant mental health issues in the last years of her life and left an unexpected legacy in her wake. Even if I am not raising awareness of ovarian cancer, I have had loads of other women asking me (as a male and for someone who does not have a womb or ovaries) about my late wife's health in the last years of her life and quite naturally, they want to know about the early stage symptoms and one of them is bleeding during or after the menopause is a tell-tale sign, bloating, increasing frequency of sharp abdominal pains, fatigue and tiredness as well as visiting the loo more often. I have now handed over most of her belongings and posessions to Cancer Research where they can sell this on and raise money for fight against cancer in general.