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Anonymous's Story
Written by Rob's mum, charity founder, Lorna. "You’re my first thought when I wake and the last when I sleep, and I can’t see that ever changing."
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Real stories from people affected by testicular, ovarian and germ cell cancers
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Alastair's Story
Dorothy shares the story of her son, Alastair, who tragically passed away after being diagnosed with a Mediastinal Germ Cell Cancer.
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Alex's Story
Alex shares her story of being diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
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Anonymous's Story
Balls to Cancer, I’m thriving: Jonny's Story Jul 25, 2024 2 min read Hey everyone, Since my diagnosis, I’ve found putting my experience out there, together with the feelings and emotions I’ve felt a...
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Be positive! Be spontaneous! Be-lieve in yourself! May 31, 2023 6 min read Written by Alex Hill "For years I’d seen cancer on TV and in the news but, because I didn’t have a family history of it, I...
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Anonymous's Story
Discover Damien Black's personal account of facing testicular cancer, from unexpected symptoms to chemotherapy.
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Chloe's Story
Ovarian cancer symptoms can be quiet. But this does not mean it is a so-called “silent killer”, it simply means we are not listening to our bodies hard enough.
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Anonymous's Story
Sara Hawkins, Ovarian Germ Cell Cancer Survivor shares the reality of living with surgical menopause following her hysterectomy to remove Ovarian Cancer.
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Halle's Story
Halle's Story: Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer Jun 12, 2023 2 min read Written by Halle "I was constantly struggling to pee. I lost a lot of weight and wouldn’t drink much which was very unusual for me. " H...
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Anonymous's Story
Hi. My name is Anne and in May 2020 at the age of 61 I started bleeding, after going through the menopause about 10 years prior to that. Obviously alarm bells rang and I contacted my GP who immediately referred me for an ultrasound scan.
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Anonymous's Story
How a charity stall saved my life Apr 19, 2022 2 min read John Livingstone, Testicular Cancer Survivor Hi, my name’s John and in 2017 I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Prior to this and o...
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Anonymous's Story
Ovarian Cancer: If it can happen to me... Mar 8, 2024 10 min read Lorna Freeman, Charity Founder & Rob’s Mum Ovarian cancer. One of the cancers that our charity has ceaselessly campaigned to...
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Anonymous's Story
Chris shares his story of being diagnosed with Stage 3 Seminoma at 53.
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It's Story
I moved back home after living in Australia for a year, had a new job and had moved in with my best friend. Life was perfect. I started at the gym to shift the extra pounds I'd picked up on my travels! Over the course of a few months, I noticed I was losing a lot of weight from everywhere other than my stomach. I also noticed my toilet habits had changed so I first visited the GP in November 2018, where I was prescribed laxatives. Over the next 4 months I was back and forward to the GP.
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Anonymous's Story
Follow Jack's journey with testicular cancer, from the initial lump discovery to the amazing news of being cancer-free!
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Jodie's Story
Jodie's Story: 'Looking 9 months pregnant but it was a huge cancerous cyst!' Jun 19, 2023 1 min read Written by Jodie Cutting "During lockdown I noticed a large lump in my stomach... After I noticed...
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Anonymous's Story
Julieann shares her story after her 24-year-old son Harrison was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic germ cell cancer following seven GP visits where his symptoms were dismissed.
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Lowrie's Story
Lowrie's Story: 'Cyril the Ovarian Cyst' Jun 26, 2023 2 min read Written by Lowrie Parry "In January 2022 I was scanned and my cyst, whom we now named Cyril, was still there and was still 9cm...I be...
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Anonymous's Story
Me, Myself & Ovarian Cancer Apr 3, 2023 10 min read Written by Claire Angus "Today I sit here a new person, although I may need to have a further operation and have regular bloods and scans. I am fo...
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Anonymous's Story
Hello ! My name is Emma and I’m 23 years old. At the beginning of September I got diagnosed with ovarian cancer...
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Anonymous's Story
Jack Broadley, Testicular Cancer Survivor shares his journey with of diagnosis, treatment and recovery which led him to become a charity founder, trustee and cancer advocate.
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Anonymous's Story
My Mediastinal Germ Cell Cancer Story Oct 31, 2022 2 min read Sarah, Mediastinal Germ Cell Cancer Survivor On Monday 1st July 2019 my life radically changed forever. I woke up struggling to br...
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Anonymous's Story
Alan Hatton discusses his testicular cancer diagnosis and subsequent recovery.
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Anonymous's Story
My Testicular Cancer Story Apr 19, 2022 2 min read Joe Doyle, Testicular Cancer Survivor A couple of months before my diagnosis there were irregularities on my left testicle, by the end it was very...
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Anonymous's Story
My Testicular Cancer Story Apr 19, 2022 4 min read Dom Allen, Testicular Cancer Survivor Hi guys, I find it really important to talk about my experiences, especially as a young man (we don’t talk e...
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Anonymous's Story
Jacci Jones discusses her journey with ovarian cancer and how she stays positive!
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Anonymous's Story
Sophie Dart shares her journey of diagnosis, treatment and life after Ovarian Germ Cell Cancer.
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Anonymous's Story
Sara Hawkins, Ovarian Germ Cell Cancer Survivor, shares her inspirational story of survivorship and the role running has played in her recovery.
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Sadie's Story
Sadie's Story: Germ Cell Ovarian Cancer Sep 18, 2023 2 min read May 2023, I was laying on a beach soaking up the sun when I noticed my lower tummy was hard and swollen. Putting it down to something I...
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Stephen's Story
Stephen shares his story of being diagnosed with testicular cancer.
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Anonymous's Story
#TalkingBollocks for 20 years Apr 19, 2022 6 min read Darren 'One Ball' Couchman, Testicular Cancer Survivor Cancer has always played a big part in my life. I lost both my parents to cancer when I...
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Anonymous's Story
Robert Holdsworth discusses his testicular cancer diagnosis and subsequent recovery.
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