Hi Jimjam9

I am very sorry to hear of your loss, you have my deepest sympathy at this difficult time for you. I am replying as i expect to be in a similar position to yourself in the future, my wife, 48yrs, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer nearly 3 years ago. It was caught very early by chance, an appendicitis. She had the usual symptoms of ovarian cancer prior to this but they were largely dismissed by her GP as the menopause. She underwent surgery and chemotherapy and was cancer free. Being caught so early the stats were very good for her to be cured. Unfortunately, about a year later the cancer returned in her abdominal lining, and is now incurable. We have had various prognosis more recently of 2-3 years to a maximum of 5years but we really do not know. She has undergone further surgery and chemo and is again cancer free and on maintenance drugs to prolong it's return. The one thing we do know is it will return at some point and she will have to deal with this again. In many ways my wife is very lucky, should her cancer not have been diagnoses by chance at such an early stage by the time it would have been, it would have been to late and she wouldn't be here now. Unfortunately, it only bought her time with us and not the cure we hoped for. Ovarian cancer is a silent killer for so many women as its often symptomless or the symptoms are mistaken for other things, meaning diagnosis often comes too late to have a positive outcome from treatment. Despite this my wife has campaigned tirelessly to raise awareness with the help of the charity 'Target Ovarian Cancer' with national and regional radio appearances and press coverage. She has also raised tens of thousands of pounds for 'Target Ovarian Cancer'. I am dreading the day we receive the news her cancer has returned but I can say i am extremely proud of her as her campaigning may of saved lives.