StepUp for Ovarian Cancer Research!
My 5K is over, but raising awareness and research funds for ovarian cancer never will be! Thanks in advance for your support!
STAAR Ovarian Cancer Foundation (US) and Cure Our Ovarian Cancer (globally) are both dedicated to finding a cure for low-grade serous ovarian cancer – a rarer subtype and the type of ovarian cancer I have. I want to join their work by raising money for their research partners and awareness about ovarian cancer.
On September 27th, I organized a 5K walk in Houston, Texas - the outpouring of support from family, friends, and friends of friends was nothing short of amazing! We had over 200 people walk with us!
STAAR Ovarian Cancer Foundation (US) and Cure Our Ovarian Cancer (globally) are both dedicated to finding a cure for low-grade serous ovarian cancer – a rarer subtype and the type of ovarian cancer I have. I want to join their work by raising money for their research partners and awareness about ovarian cancer.
On September 27th, I organized a 5K walk in Houston, Texas - the outpouring of support from family, friends, and friends of friends was nothing short of amazing! We had over 200 people walk with us!
Why am I organizing this walk as part of the “StepUP!” Challenge?
Finding out just over 3 months ago that I had a rare cancer, Stage III Primary Low Grade Serous Ovarian and Stage III Primary Low Grade Serous Peritoneal Cancer was quite a blow to me. I had extensive surgery in May and am currently undergoing chemotherapy treatments. I am still coping with the anxiety of the diagnosis. I continue to have times when I worry about my future and when I fear reoccurrence of this cancer. I’ve learned through my support group these feelings are normal. But organizing this walk and the global purpose for the challenge is giving me HOPE!– Hope that I can actively help my future.
In light of an 85% reoccurrence rate for this cancer and the fact that I will be taking medicine to combat this for the remainder of my life, I want to help doctors—especially Dr. Gershenson at MD Anderson—to continue research on treatments that can help prolong my life as well as the lives of other survivors.
This 5K fundraising walk allows me to take ownership of my future by providing me with the opportunity to be on the fundraising part of the team and raise money for the research part of the team that is working to advance treatment options and improve the prognosis for patients like me.
In summary, I am eager to do all I can to support Dr. Gershenson and his fellow researchers in their quest to improve the outcomes for women battling low-grade serous ovarian cancer!
Thank you for supporting me on this journey.
Finding out just over 3 months ago that I had a rare cancer, Stage III Primary Low Grade Serous Ovarian and Stage III Primary Low Grade Serous Peritoneal Cancer was quite a blow to me. I had extensive surgery in May and am currently undergoing chemotherapy treatments. I am still coping with the anxiety of the diagnosis. I continue to have times when I worry about my future and when I fear reoccurrence of this cancer. I’ve learned through my support group these feelings are normal. But organizing this walk and the global purpose for the challenge is giving me HOPE!– Hope that I can actively help my future.
In light of an 85% reoccurrence rate for this cancer and the fact that I will be taking medicine to combat this for the remainder of my life, I want to help doctors—especially Dr. Gershenson at MD Anderson—to continue research on treatments that can help prolong my life as well as the lives of other survivors.
This 5K fundraising walk allows me to take ownership of my future by providing me with the opportunity to be on the fundraising part of the team and raise money for the research part of the team that is working to advance treatment options and improve the prognosis for patients like me.
In summary, I am eager to do all I can to support Dr. Gershenson and his fellow researchers in their quest to improve the outcomes for women battling low-grade serous ovarian cancer!
Thank you for supporting me on this journey.
Each year, 22K American women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and 14K will die. The five-year survival rate hangs at 48%... half of that of breast cancer. With no early detection test, 60% of women are diagnosed in stage 3. As a rare cancer (1 in 78 women vs. 1 in 8 women for breast cancer), funding simply isn't plentiful. Research is imperative to improve the lives of those living with the disease and to find methods of early detection.
STAAR Ovarian Cancer specifically exists to fund life-saving research for women with low-grade ovarian cancer, a rare and underfunded subtype. Low-grade serous represents 2.5-8% of cases of ovarian cancer. Having a rare form of an already rare cancer means that private donations are critical to fund research on treatment options.
For more information on ovarian cancer, visit OCRA. For additional details on low-grade serous carcinoma, visit Cure Our Ovarian Cancer
STAAR Ovarian Cancer specifically exists to fund life-saving research for women with low-grade ovarian cancer, a rare and underfunded subtype. Low-grade serous represents 2.5-8% of cases of ovarian cancer. Having a rare form of an already rare cancer means that private donations are critical to fund research on treatment options.
For more information on ovarian cancer, visit OCRA. For additional details on low-grade serous carcinoma, visit Cure Our Ovarian Cancer