Do you know your ABC's?
Ovarian Cancer Awareness: 1st - 31st March
It's time to get serious. We must end the tragic cycle of 11 women dying every day from ovarian cancer and we need your help.
Ovarian cancer cases are expected to rise by 15% by 2035
That's not great news for any women is it? If you have a daughter or granddaughter who is 25 now by 2035 she will be just over 40. She will be heading towards the highest risk age group for ovarian cancer. Whilst we know the disease is mostly likely to affect women in the over 50 age group, there will be others younger than this who are diagnosed. Currently many women are diagnosed late – so why is this? It is true the disease can be difficult to clinically detect, but we know there are symptoms and this is where you can help. We want you to tell everyone about the most important symptoms, the ABC, which if seen together and are persistent, may indicate a problem that requires more investigation.
It's as simple as ABC...
If I had been aware of my ABC's I would have gone to the doctors sooner.
Beth Gillian was 43 when she was diagnosed with a low grade form of ovarian cancer. She never thought she would have been one of the 1 in 50 women that would be diagnosed with an ovarian cancer in their lifetime.
Beth, who now runs Nanny Thornton’s Teas, has made a good recovery from her cancer treatment. “It was not an easy road by any step; it made me re-think my life totally. I was so grateful for the support I had from the GO Girls – they really did help me at an incredibly bleak time and continue to be there for me as I need them.”
How you can get involved
1 March marks the start of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. We hope you will join us in spreading the word as well as signing up to our One Million 5p Challenge. Each Tuesday throughout March on 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th, we will add information you can use to share with your family and friends. With a significant number of cases expected to rise by 2035, we cannot afford to stand still. Please join us in helping us spread the word and support our work.
We will be joining with our many colleagues helping to raise awareness of ovarian cancer.
So here is how you can get involved and what you can do to help
- Sharing our graphics for social media downloaded from Dropbox
- Share our animation, tag a friend and use the #abc
- Share statistics on Ovarian Cancer and tag in a friend or two or three.
- Join our One Million 5p Challenge to help with fundraising future awareness campaigns
- Tell your friends you’ve signed up to our One Million 5p Challenge and tag a friend
- Make a donation to help us continue our work
Social media
Spread the word with the use of our hashtags
#abc
#ovariancancerawarenessmonth
#OCAM
#tuesdaymotivation
#gogirls
#advicesupporthugs
#onemillion5ps
Twitter and Instagram
#OCAM I’m telling everyone about the #abc – do you know your ABC #ovariancancersymptoms
I’ve signed up to the #onemillion5ps challenge #OCAM – have you?
Twitter @’s to look out for
Facebook
Share our #abc animation
each Tuesday #tuesdaymotivation throughout March on 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th and tag a friend
Link for sharing https://youtu.be/bVfEhXjEaM4
Links
Share this ovarian cancer awareness page https://www.gogirlssupport.org/abc
Everyone should know their ABC's. Help GO Girls raise awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms. Let's save the future generation.
Let's save the future generation.
