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2-5 years since diagnosis
Interview OV46  

Interview OV46

Age at Interview: 42
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 40
Background: Married; no children.
Brief outline:Ovarian cancer diagnosed in 2001 following digestive problems. Treated with surgery and chemotherapy.


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Female
Felt less of a woman because her 'female bits' had been removed.

 



I think also there's an issue with having your female bits taken away. Even if you're not consciously aware of it, you know, obviously you have a scar and you know that your ovaries are not, I don't know why that should affect you but it does, you know you don't feel as much of a woman because of that. And I think, that equally must be the case if you have mastectomies as well but that's more evident because it's obviously external.
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