I’ve just been told I have stage 1c ovarian cancer Waiting on appointment for second operation to remove another tumor. The wait for the appointment is torture.
A very warm welcome to Cancer Chat. I am so sorry to hear you have been told you have stage 1C ovarian cancer and we have information on our website on stage 1 ovarian cancer and you will see explained in that page what it means to be stage 1C and the treatments that are usually offered to treat stage 1 ovarian cancer. I hope that the second operation will go well - I am not sure what type of surgery exactly you will be having but we have information you might be interested to look at on surgery for ovarian cancer.
The wait to find out when your appointment might be can indeed feel like a lifetime and I hope that you won't have to wait too long - while you are waiting, I thought I would share with you our helpful tips on how to cope while waiting for news.
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I hope that you will hear from others on here who have recently been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and I just wanted to wish you the best of luck for your surgery.
