AtlantiCare Oncology Breast Nurse Navigator Eve Spiegel works with those battling cancer. But she never expected to be on the side of the care she was providing.
Spiegel says she thought she might have had food poisoning when she returned from vacation, but it turns out it was far more serious.The south Jersey healthcare worker is sharing her personal journey during this month's Ovarian Cancer Awareness month.
But it wasn't COVID or even food poisoning. They found a blood clot in her spleen. After a four-day hospital stay to address the clot, she says tests weren't explaining the cause, but the CT scan showed the mass on Spiegel's ovaries was Stage 2. According to the American Cancer Society, one in 75 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in their lifetime.
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