Women of Teal is a play on the words "Man of Steel" used to describe Superman. As an ovarian cancer survivor, I have met so many other awesome ovarian cancer survivors that are the strongest most helpful women in the world. I hope that the information on this site will help other women in NJ who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer find support. And of course, I will use the site to update everyone about how and what I am doing.
Yesterday on Facebook, CINJ posted a link to the NY Times Well Blog entry "With Cancer , Let's Face It Words are Inadequate" by Dana Jennings, an editor who is post prostate cancer.
I read it with interest. When I got to the end I felt that reading...
I participate in the online OCNA Support Community. Another women posted this essay about her experience with Ovarian Cancer . It really says it all. Thanks Ch*******s for letting me share it.
Ovarian cancer crept into my life undetected. I didn't...
The following was received from the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance:
We’re struggling to get Congressional support for the Dear Colleague letters for Johanna’s Law and the DoD Ovarian Cancer Research Program. These programs are so important, but...
Ova1 test a bio-marker blood test to determine if ovarian masses are cancerous or benign was approved by the FDA on March 9, 2010. The test developed by Vermillion, Inc uses five biomarkers combined in one test. It is available through Quest...
Yesterday, I went to my local NOCC meeting( Northern NJ) . The group meets at the Carol G Simon Center in Morristown, NJ on the first Saturday of the month. I haven't been to a meeting in a few months so it was great getting together with everyone and...
