Celeste

i just found out last week that my Dad's girlfriend has ovarian cancer. It is very, very sad news for me. My mom and dad got divorced when I was in the 8th grade. My mom found a great significant other relatively quickly, while my dad dated around and never got really serious with a woman. Then, here recently, he got involved with the woman he is with now and they work really, really well. It's interesting. They have some fundemental differences that you think would make the relationship not work, but they work wonderfully together. They even talked of her moving in with him.

Then he tells me that she has a very large tumor on an ovary and it is indeed ovarian cancer. It is so large apparently it is visible in her abdomen.

She is a poor woman. She had kids young, never went to college, and has just never had the oppurtunities that others have. However she is sharp, intelligent, and has a very caring heart and that is all that matter, for sure. Her and dad really love each other and she takes good care of him. I'm sooooo upset about this for him.

I do not know a whole lot about this kind of cancer, but my mom tells me its not a good kind to have at all. Is there any chance for this woman? She will be going into surgery to get the tumor removed and the situation will be evaluated more thoroughly after that. I am looking for others with experience and/or more knowledge on this.