Ovarian Cancer: A Narrative Fiction

After a while, Mama came in. She smiled at me and said, “Good morning,” before she bent over Sarah’s crib.

Crunching rocks filled the girl's ears as she woke up. Allison was unaware that she had ever fallen asleep. She opened her eyes and glanced at her phone, which had stopped playing music about an hour ago, based on the fact that it had reached the end of the playlist. "Wake up honey, we're here," Allison's mother whispered. Allison sat up straight and looked out her window. The sun was shining bright for the first time in ages. Allison suddenly spotted her friends walking their horses to the stables.

“This will only be a pinch.” Eve said. I nodded my head in approval. So she went over to get the shot. Then steadily went over and got a disinfecting wipe. She had to put the shot into my chest then she took the disinfecting wipe and clean the area of gurms. Then she puts the needle into my chest. She keeps it there and puts a bange thing around it so it stays in place.

She winces at the sharp pain originating from her left hip. “I’m pleased to hear that. Let’s go ahead and begin. Sit up straight for me,” William instructs, one hand bracing the small of her back and the other pressing the stethescope against Lorena’s chest. “Breath in...and out...

Abigail and her mom began the morning with Abigail getting dressed. She smiled and cooed at her mother as soon as she saw her and was taken out of her crib. Melissa said, “good morning” to her in a pleasant tone and Abigail squealed with delight and began moving her arms and legs in excitement. They hugged for a bit and then Abigail was placed on the bed to have her diaper changed and get dressed. She

Lauren, on the other hand, was more of a night owl. She waited until the littler girls were done in the bathroom before quickly brushing her teeth and slipping into her pajamas. She retrieved her cell phone charger from her backpack and pulled her laptop out the drawer next to the bed. The beds were large and cozy so she didn’t mind much having to share one with her mom. She lifted the covers and slid herself in before opening the laptop and connecting her

he looked at his mother, and steadied his breathing as he watched her massage the sides of her

The assigned nurse explained to the patient about pain management/ pain scale after surgery and how he will be waking up in the Intensive Care Unit where he was going to have chest tubes to remove the extra fluid from the chest cavity; he confirmed understanding and was ready to move on with the procedure.

I lost my Mother and her Sister, five days apart, in February of 2016. My Mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer on February 8th whereas she only made it 20 days and my Aunt just collapsed at the ambulance after calling them because she could not breathe. They took care of my Grandmother who is 87 years old and my mentally challenged Uncle who also stays with her. When we lost them, it became our responsibility to care for them. I am a 31 year old store manager and full time single parent of two girls ages five and seven. My stress level is constantly high because I feel that I have an enormous amount of people depending on me to take care of them. I tend to overwork myself for the fact that I want everything in order without

As a busy mother of two, working a full-time job as a primary schoolteacher, Paula Cann had plenty of reasons to ignore the subtle changes that were happening inside her body.

BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 are gene mutations long associated with high risk for breast and ovarian cancer. Now, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found new evidence that it might also predict treatment resistance in ovarian cancers.

Ovarian cancer occurs in the ovaries but is hard to detect when the cancer is still in the first stage. There are many ways of treatment to cure ovarian cancer but is also costly. AJ is a young women who have ovarian cancer. She will undergo tests if she is positive for ovarian cancer. Survival rate are high so AJ might have a chance to be a survivor of ovarian cancer just like her mom.

Like a perfect automaton, the nurse proceeds to measure vital signs and note her findings with as little human interaction with you as is possible. After the nurse has completed her tasks, you must wait until the doctor pops his head in, nurse's records in hand. The doctor then proceeds to ask you some variation of the stock doctor question: "What seems to be the problem today?"

Subjective Pt state’s she is overwhelmed emotionally and feels fatigue” Pt. stated “I am depressed, because I am afraid I will die from cancer.”

Cancer is an abnormal cell that grows and spreads without control (1). There are more than 100 types of cancer such as bladder, brain, thyroid, and breast cancer (1). The causes of cancer are unknown, but there are factors that increase the probability of getting cancer such as smoking, UV light, and air pollution. Cancer can be cured and managed when it is diagnosed early, but most of the cases are diagnosed after the tumor has spread and developed. Cancer can be treated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Cancer affects the patient psychologically and physically. There are several diseases and causes of ovarian cancer.