OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – An Omaha woman diagnosed with endometrial cancer days before her 43rd birthday is now partnering with her oncologist to raise awareness about a disease she says too many women are embarrassed to discuss.
Amy Nissen said her first symptom appeared in March 2024 — abnormal vaginal bleeding.
“It was the heaviest vaginal bleeding I’d ever had in my entire life,” Nissen said. “I could never get ahead of it. I could never get it under control. I had been having my period for 30-some years and never had to take a change of clothes to work, and now I was having to take a change of clothes.”
Symptoms often go unreported
Nissen said she searched the internet for answers but found most references to endometrial cancer focused on post-menopausal women over 60, which led her to dismiss the possibility…