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I Survived Ovarian Cancer 3 Times — and I Learned to Fight for Myself

As told to Jacquelyne FroeberJune is National Cancer Survivors Month.“You look like you’re pregnant,” my roommate said.We both laughed because we knew there was zero chance that I was pregnant. But my stomach was round, swollen and hard — and I didn’t know why. I wasn’t doing anything different or eating new foods. In fact, I’d been eating a lot less than usual — feeling full after just a few bites. Maybe it was all the diet soda I’d been drinking? Whatever it was, I couldn’t button my pants and I was having stomach pains, so I drove myself to the emergency room. The ER doctor ordered a CT sca...