'It’s OK to pay attention to your body and notice changes and ask questions that demand answers,' she stressed.
After two months of pelvic pain that doubled her over, frequent yeast infections, urinary tract infections and bloating, Catherine Saoud, then 22, learned that she had a 21-centimeter mass in her abdomen that was a rare ovarian cancer. While she felt shocked, she’s sharing her story to encourage women to listen to their bodies and seek help.
“I also was extremely bloated. For me that was the most concerning symptom because it was so visible,” she said. “I looked pregnant and my stomach felt hard so the bloating wasn’t like the typical bloating.” “The doctors kept telling me the pain would go away,” Saoud said. “I pushed and pushed and pushed and they finally brought me in.”
In some ways, the COVID-19 pandemic helped Catherine Saoud. Even though she was in extreme pain making it impossible to walk at times, she could still take class from her bed.Saoud received her diagnosis on May 7, a Thursday, and by Monday she had returned to have the mass removed. Her mom drove from Maryland to be in Chicago for the procedure.
germ cell tumors make up less than 2% of ovarian cancer diagnoses. Her tumor had hair and bone in it, too.Swollen abdomen.Saoud’s diagnosis was stage 1 cancer but considered the most aggressive type and likely to return.“My oncologist said with the recent research that is available now that she feels confident surgery was enough,” she said.Saoud had to undergo monthly blood draws and CT scans and pelvic exams every four months to see if the cancer has returned.
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