Ten years after an ovarian cancer diagnosis, Mary Grice Woods says she wants to raise awareness.
"I'm quite sad about the fact that I won't have children naturally but I'm also very happy that I'm here and that I'm healthy and I think that's the most important bit."Mary says she was happy to go back to school after her diagnosis, but emotions started to come up recently
"I had to deal with so much at a young age. Soon I had an operation to remove my left ovary because they found that it was in danger of developing a tumour too. She spent six years going in and out of hospital and repeated surgeries left her unable to dance for weeks at a time.Image source,According to figures from Cancer Research UK there are approximately 7,500 cases of ovarian cancer in the UK each year.
"I now think it's so important to talk about what's happened - not just for my own sake but for others' sake too," Mary said.Mary has her sights on running the London Marathon in aid of Ovarian Cancer Action
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