Like many women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, it was gastro problems that prompted Cassie Burns to seek medical help in July 2019. Her GP’s quick reaction meant Cassie received prompt treatment and an “all clear” in December 2019.
To the casual observer, everything was going swimmingly: Cassie then landed her dream job in health and social care, moved in with her devoted boyfriend and had options in place so she could one day have children. But in reality, she was still in turmoil.
“A few weeks after my final chemotherapy session I had a scan and there was no sign of any cancer – it had gone,” says Cassie, 31, who had a cyst the size of a large watermelon on her ovary, which turned out to be early Stage 1 ovarian cancer.
