I ride for my friends and their loved ones. I ride for Kathy Mansfield who lost her life to this disease. I ride for Jessica and her mother Luann; Luann is currently a rock on survivor! I ride for Stacey and her mom; her mom is fighting hard and surviving!! I ride for [...]
I received the most devastating news this year from the sweetest, kindest, most generous, loyal and loving person I know. My best friend of almost 30 years was diagnosed with Stage 3 Ovarian Cancer at only 37 years old. On February 26, 2017 I will ride for Lauren Shecht. One woman is diagnosed [...]
We are never too old to make a difference! I am riding for the fifth time in Wheel to Survive in honor of my daughter-in-law Jill Bach, a 9+ year survivor of ovarian cancer. The prospect of losing a daughter in-law to this disease is very scary. Jill's cancer did not just affect her, but [...]
My mom is a 16 year ovarian cancer survivor and I've participated in Wheel To Survive in her honor since 2014. After a clean bill of health just weeks earlier, an infarction on one ovary caused it to rupture and during emergency surgery to remove it, a baseball-sized tumor was found in the [...]
One woman is diagnosed with ovarian cancer every 24 minutes. 22,000 women this year. One woman dies from ovarian cancer every 37 minutes. 15,000 women this year. Sadly, 70% of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer will die from the disease. There is no reliable early detection test available for ovarian cancer. These women [...]
