Tonja Sanchez felt perfectly healthy when she walked into her routine colonoscopy appointment earlier this summer. She had no pain. No unusual symptoms. But within days, she was facing a stage 3 ovarian cancer diagnosis, one that may have saved her life.
“If not for that colonoscopy, I would have never known.” said Sanchez.
Ovarian cancer was once called a “silent killer” for a reason, it often presents with vague or no symptoms, and by the time it’s discovered, it can be dangerously advanced. Now, medical experts are urging women to speak up, get informed, and advocate for themselves…