Be loud and proud of your ovaries

September is a busy month for USA. They are busy  preparing for an important  day of remembrance. Sure to be a traumatic time for many as they remember lost ones. I dont think a person over the age of 20  anywhere in the world doesn't  think of that fateful date and feel a knot in their stomach. It really was the day ALL nations sat up and realized we are fragile. Yet through the devastation we also found resilience, strength and a unity we never knew we had. It is a very important day, But I am not here to talk about that day. I want to talk about another important day in the US this September. September  the second.

The second of September is the US's ovarian awareness day. While I am an Aussie and our awareness month is  February, I am just as happy to spread the word for our friends in America. Why not, it doest matter where we come from. Its a silent disease we should all be shouting about. its a disease  that not only do we not know enough about the symptoms, Doctors struggle to pick it up until in many cases its  advanced and for too many unlucky women, it's found too late.

We talk about Breast cancer, Its an important part of how we define our femininity. Many of us have known someone that has dealt with Breast cancer and all its emotions. We talk among our selves about it. even openly  in front of our men. Yet talking about  our ovaries is still such a taboo subject. lets face it ladies without our ovaries we cannot bring life into this world, so they are just as important as our boobies! 

So start talking to each other about it.  Talk to your girlfriends about your periods if they become unusual and you are unsure. Speak to your partner about  changes you are experiencing and for goodness sake go to a DR if you are experiencing some or any of the symptoms of ovarian cancer.  Ask them to test you FOR ovarian cancer if they try to brush you off. You alone know your body and you alone know when something isnt right.

So Ladies if you live in the US, or even if you live anywhere else, Wear your teal for the day. Be loud and proud of your ovaries, because with out them none of us would be here, men included.

Symptoms. most women experience 1 or more of these.

• Abdominal or pelvic pain.
• Increased abdominal size or persistent abdominal bloating.
• Needing to urinate often or urgently.
• Difficulty eating or feeling full quickly.

If you have any of these symptoms, they are new for you and you have experienced them multiple times during a 4-week period. Go to  your Dr.