If you have to be in hospital, 5 North at the Women’s is a good place to be. So many women’s efforts, starting with the amazing Sheila Lee, have gone into making this an attractive place to be. The specialist gynaecological oncology doctors and nurses make you feel well cared for. Thanks to them I’m feeling better and back home again.

T & H arrived just after I got home yesterday with the evening’s offerings of T’s special lentil soup, piquant pasta and delicious mixed vegetables (secret recipe). After that I felt strong enough to go to bed! read more... »

A visit to the oncologist sees me back in hospital again. Its fluid on the lung. Draining it was interesting experience. I managed to relax my neck so successfully, it didn’t seem to want to go back to any normal neck position. The hot pack has guided it to safety. Such an event can fill a whole day in hospital. And then in came the lovely Heather and Tasdan with a scrumptious meal again. Last night it was chicken soup with tiny pasta – Jewish penicillin Tasdan calls it – and gnocchi with home grown tomatoes, parmesan and salad all delivered with a red table cloth and fine china. read more... »

I want to commend the wonderful staff at the Royal Melbourne Hospital who work under such difficult conditions, there being so few resources for public hospitals. I’ve now learnt that though no one can explain why, it is quite common for cancers to throw up emboli, and there were many patients in hospital with pneumonia

I have to say that something needs to be done about the food in hospitals – we need fresh, tasty and nutritious food to get better. With hospital food as it is you can lose the will to live! read more... »

Welcome to Ova2you.

I'm Judith Louise and in this blog I hope to give you some idea of my adventures with ovarian cancer. My story starts in 1967 when my mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

At the moment I'm in hospital with pneumonia which is a consequence of my own ovarian cancer. The terrible fact is there have been very few improvements in ovarian cancer treatment over the intervening years. read more... »