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This website has been prepared by a non-medical person and deliberately attempts to avoid all complicated medical language. It is written in language that anyone who can read English successfully will be able to grasp.

The website has been prepared by an ovarian cancer survivor — a widower. A layman who watched his beloved wife being slowly and inexorably consumed by a superbly hidden evil monster over a period of almost two years. A monster consisting of runaway replication of deranged body cells turned rogue, strangling the good guy cells. It is being written in hindsight. The ogres won.

Marlene was taken away by ovarian cancer on May 24, 1994. Her cancer was not discovered by her OB/GYN until it was in advanced Stage III even though she had been telling the doctor of her discomfort for a period of over six months. Sadly neither of us had a clue that anything was wrong because we thought she was in good hands.

The matter was further complicated by a series of medical administrative delays of more than six months after the initial diagnosis of ovarian cancer before getting her to surgery and subsequent treatment. The delays likely assured her death sentence.

When ovarian cancer is not discovered until this late stage, chances of survival are only about 25%. By comparison, ovarian cancer has a 95% survival rate when discovered early in Stage I.

I feel strongly that more women need to be aware of symptoms associated with ovarian cancer so they can act while their survival rates are high. Noted gynecological oncologists have been consulted for the facts appearing on this website in order to provide the most current and accurate information I can.

We had never had a mocking bird in our neighborhood before Marlene's demise. On the morning after she passed away, a mocking bird sat in the trees just outside our house and sang steadily for nearly two weeks. Then it went away and did not come back.

If this website can save the life of even one woman, telling about what was learned by Marlene's story will have been worth the effort.

"She knew the end was near, but when she knew she ceased knowing. She went away with a mockingbird."