"My job as an elite athlete was to know everything that's going on in my body at all times. You don't fly around 15 feet in the air and not know,"
"I completely missed the signs and symptoms. I could find a logical reason for all of them."
"I'm very aware that cancer doesn't care who you are or how many gold medals you have,"
Shannon Miller received an ovarian cancer diagnosis in her early 30s after a routine gynecology visit discovered a baseball-sized ovarian cyst from a rare cancer type. At diagnosis she had a one-year-old son and had nearly postponed the appointment due to a busy schedule. Prior symptoms included persistent stomach pain, bloating, and weight loss that were attributed to indigestion and stress. Early-onset ovarian cancer rates have increased in recent years, no routine screening test exists, and greater public awareness of warning signs is being urged.
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