The doctor insisted that despite the rapid growth of the masses, she wasn't experiencing any severe symptoms
A gynaecologist who discovered her own stage four cancer has said she was only experiencing two mild symptoms at the time.
She told Good Morning America: "Having a background in obstetrics, we describe size by weeks of pregnancy and so I was like, 'Oh my god, I have a 16-week-size mass.' From experience, I could tell that this was my ovary." She explained: "I was a little tired in the afternoon for about two months previous to this and as a mum with two little kids - I had been recently nursing them, they were still waking up in the night, I work full time - I didn't think anything of saying, 'Oh, I think I need a tea in the afternoon.' Whereas maybe someone in their 50s or 60s would be much more tired from stage 4 tumours taking up their energy.
And now, the mum-of-two wants to encourage others to be mindful of the early warning signs of the disease such as fatigue and a sense of "pelvic heaviness" - especially for those of a younger age. In the UK, bowel cancer screening is available to anyone aged 60 to 74 and is currently being expanded to also include everyone between 50 and 59.
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