u/betweenscans

Last fall I was diagnosed with High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer.

For months I didn't tell many people. Not because I was ashamed. But because I wasn't ready for the reactions. The pity. The silence. The not knowing what to say.

So I started writing instead.

Small moments. Hard truths. Things I wish someone had told me before all of this.

Treatment is behind me now and I feel well. But the experience , it stays with you. And somewhere along the way I realised that putting it out there, even anonymously, makes it feel less lonely.

I called it Between Scans. Because that's where most of this life happens now. The waiting. The hoping. The trying to live like yourself in between appointments.

If you're in it right now, or you've been through it, I think you might recognise some of what I share.

Posting the link in comments in case it helps anyone the way writing it has helped me.

Last fall I was diagnosed with High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer.

For months I didn't tell many people. Not because I was ashamed. But because I wasn't ready for the reactions. The pity. The silence. The not knowing what to say.

So I started writing instead.

Small moments. Hard truths. Things I wish someone had told me before all of this.

Treatment is behind me now and I feel well. But the experience, it stays with you. And somewhere along the way I realised that putting it out there, even anonymously, makes it feel less lonely.

I called it Between Scans. Because that's where most of this life happens now. The waiting. The hoping. The trying to live like yourself in between appointments.

If you're in it right now, or you've been through it, I think you might recognise some of what I share.

Posting the link in comments in case it helps anyone the way writing it has helped me.

Last fall I was diagnosed with High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer.

For months I didn't tell many people. Not because I was ashamed. But because I wasn't ready for the reactions. The pity. The silence. The not knowing what to say.

So I started writing instead.

Small moments. Hard truths. Things I wish someone had told me before all of this.

Treatment is behind me now and I feel well. But the experience, it stays with you. And somewhere along the way I realised that putting it out there, even anonymously, makes it feel less lonely.

I called it Between Scans. Because that's where most of this life happens now. The waiting. The hoping. The trying to live like yourself in between appointments.

If you're in it right now, or you've been through it, I think you might recognise some of what I share.

Posting the link in comments in case it helps anyone the way writing it has helped me.