When health crises hit, egg freezing can preserve fertility

First comes love, then marriage, but a baby carriage isn’t always next or guaranteed.

So it was for Katharine Losavio, a 36-year-old healthcare administrator from Manhattan who wed in 2022. Then, days before their first wedding anniversary, Losavio learned she had non-Hodgkin lymphoma, an aggressive cancer affecting the lymphatic system. While more than half of those afflicted are first diagnosed after age 65, it can occur at any age, according to the American Cancer Society.

“I’d had severe, sharp, shooting abdominal pain and went to the emergency room, but other than that no symptoms,” said Losavio. “A 12-centimeter mass was found in my spleen through a CT scan and a biopsy subsequently determined it was Stage 1 (early),” said Losavio.

Losavio met with an oncologist as well as Dr. Tom