I had what originally was thought to be appendicitis. When that turned out to be wrong, I went to my OB/Gyn. She did an ultrasound and they found an 11 cm ovarian cyst. It was removed along with my ovaries. Much to our surprise, the pathology report came back saying there was cancer in both ovaries (but not the cyst). I had a second surgery, a hysterectomy, and the path report for that was negative. All the cancer was in the ovaries and nowhere else. I had three chemotherapy sessions, for "insurance", as my oncologist called it.

So, it really was just pure luck that I was diagnosed so early. When I look back though, I did have some symptoms, pelvic/abdominal pain and frequent peeing, back pain etc. . I didn't know those could be symptoms. I figure the more information that's out there, the more we can pay attention to our own bodies and talk to the doctor if something seems amiss. Hopefully this will help someone else.