Survivor Stories - Tennessee in Teal

Anna

web@southmade.com June 30, 2026 No Comments

When I was 10 weeks pregnant my OB found what they thought was a big cyst on my right ovary. I went in for surgery at 15 weeks pregnant where…

Debbie

web@southmade.com March 3, 2026 No Comments

In the fall of 2001 I was having all the symptoms of OC but didn’t know it at the time this was going on. I was at perimenopause age, and…

Lee Ann

web@southmade.com June 27, 2025 No Comments

Hello everyone, I went to the ER on February 7, 2021, with chronic pain in my abdomen. I had a CT scan which showed possibly 2 masses in my abdomen.…

Rhia

web@southmade.com June 25, 2025 No Comments

I first met the ‘silent cancer’ in October of 2023. While on vacation the first week of October 2023 I felt generally unwell and my belly seemed more bloated than…

Tracy

web@southmade.com April 21, 2025 No Comments

My mom (Sheila Hutchinson) and I were asked about sharing her cancer journey on the TN in Teal page after her last big update. I’ve just now been able to…

Staci

web@southmade.com March 19, 2025 No Comments

I was 53 years old when I was diagnosed with synchronous primary cancer. That means I had 2 primary cancers at once, ovarian (stage 1A) and endometrial (stage 3A). Symptoms…

Sheila

web@southmade.com October 7, 2024 No Comments

In June of 2022, after more than a year of various health problems that just never went away, my mom was admitted to our local hospital in very bad condition…

Bahallah

web@southmade.com October 1, 2024 No Comments

I was diagnosed 2013 after being so sick for a year and lost so much weight, weighing @ 105lbs. And didn’t have an appetite and very swollen in my abdomen!…

Holly

web@southmade.com September 18, 2024 No Comments

My name is Holly and I was diagnosed with stage III Ovarian Cancer back in 2009 at the age of 32. I underwent two surgeries which ended up being a…

Kristi

web@southmade.com September 9, 2024 No Comments

April 3, 2015 is the day my life changed. Small Cell Ovarian Cancer is rare, aggressive and almost always fatal. I was stage 4, given a year at the most…

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Anna

Debbie

Lee Ann

Rhia

Tracy

Staci

Sheila

Bahallah

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