• An estimated 3,100 Canadian women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2021.  Sadly, we are nearing 2024, and the stats are essentially the same.

• An estimated 1,950 will die from it.

• It is the 5th most common cause of cancer death OVERALL

• 7 in 10, or of those diagnosed will die within 5 years

• 80% of cases are diagnosed at LATE STAGE (3 OR 4)

• Ovarian cancer is the least funded of all cancers

• There is NO early screening test

• Anyone born with ovaries is at risk 

• The symptoms often go unrecognized 

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They call Ovarian Cancer a silent killer, but it isn't.  It's whispers to you, it mimics common, non lethal health issues, and is often ignored and/or misdiagnosed until it's too late.  We feel that change is long overdue.  Funding research will have a global impact. 

 

We need to know our bodies, and what is normal to each of us.  We need to be our own advocate for our own health and well being, and for those that cannot advocate for themselves.  Ovarian cancer isn't pretty, is a brutal battle that far too many don't survive.  For those that survive treatment, there is the constant fear of recurrence. 

 

There is nothing pretty about cancer, and the emotional and physical trauma that is causes.  Teal is the recognized colour of ovarian cancer and PTSD, and we won't attempt to pretty it up.  So, until this changes, we will hate teal.

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