Andrea Gibson

My aunt died of ovarian cancer.

My mother's sister died of ovarian cancer 20 years ago or so.

And what's fascinating about that is neither she nor I had genetic ovarian cancer.

So my aunt died.

And after my aunt died of ovarian cancer, my

My grandma, who I love so much, died of a broken heart.

And so as soon as I got diagnosed, one of my biggest fears was that the family would play out in that same way.

That I would die, then my mom would die of a broken heart.

And for that reason, I chose to not tell my family and most of my friends.

what the doctors were saying all along, which was this cancer is likely to come right back.

I didn't tell them like, for example, I have a chemo port in my chest.

And so I'd be celebrating the end, you know, a clear scan while also having the doctors say, don't take out the chemo port.

And so I wasn't sharing that stuff publicly because also there was a chance, like there's always a chance that I wasn't going to get it again.

And so I didn't want other people to carry that burden as well.

So my folks are in a little bit of shock right now.

And I told them, and then I also realized in God to quote myself, um,

I hate quoting myself.

And, but sometimes I'll tell you, if ever my friends are having a bad day, I constantly quote myself to them just because they're so embarrassed for me.

They, they, it makes them happier.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I do.