Ithought my back pain and tiredness was menopause – it was ovarian cancer

When Maggie Noone began experiencing exhaustion, pain and constipation, she never suspected ovarian cancer. She shares how support from her loved ones helped her to get through treatment and the signs and symptoms she wants everyone to know

Everybody experiences back pain at some point or other, so when Maggie Noone felt a twinge in her back and her right side while out walking with a friend on holiday in March 2023, she put it down to her Birkenstock sandals being an unsuitable choice of footwear.

But once back home in Ireland, the pain didn’t subside and at times got worse, going from the lower back into the pelvis. Despite being in her mid-50s at the time, she was still menstruating, so when she also began to e

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