The 26-year-old was told she had a mass the size of a baby's head
After experiencing what was believed to be urinary tract infections, Sarah Nally is now preparing for a major surgery to remove a mass the size of a baby's head from her ovary.
Before her diagnosis, Sarah had been doing a PHD which was funded by Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke - alongside this, she was worked as a lecturer in the University of Limerick."These can occur really from a lot of different things. When I got a UTI they were getting progressively worse and I got a pain in my back and my kidneys were affected. I would have had sore heads and different things, alongside the UTI and would have treated them with the usual antibiotics.
"I had refused the pill because I had been on it for years and I don't agree with it. I felt really frustrated and that my voice wasn't heard. There was nothing that could be done for me. I was told to come back in a couple of months and it was left at that. "I went to A&E and had tests done which all came back clear. They done an ultrasound and of course, during that, they picked up that I had pain around my pelvic area. It was passed on and in the space of three days, I was given ever scan possible. On the Wednesday, I was told that they found a mass the size of a babies head in me.Sarah says once she was admitted to hospital, the care she received was "unbelievable".
Sarah continued: "There is a lack of education. If you were to ask any of my friends, not one would know the symptoms of ovarian cancer. I want every woman to not take no for an answer. Women know their own bodies. I had no idea before I was diagnosed. It is a huge and silent killer.
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