About this Episode
Wendi Cooper was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer in 2005. She was BRCA 1 positive, went through a hysterectomy, sudden menopause, prophylactic double mastectomy nightmare and continued body issues for 17 years. Recurrence 15 years after an original ovarian cancer diagnosis at 50. Currently on a PARP Inhibitor (Big Pharma) called Zejula, with its side effects and mental health issues as someone that pretty much at 66 years old, realizes that she will die of ovarian cancer, more than likely. Monthly monitoring of blood work, due to Zejula being a "new" cancer drug designed explicitly for BRCA 1 patients, monthly monitoring of blood work. She has been on it for 1 year, but she had to seek financial aid as it was costly—$ 20,000 a month or more depending on the dose. She is a commercial television producer. She says the patients not to give hope. Summing up her journey Wendi says that, "Millions of people are walking around not knowing that they have this thing growing in them. For us as cancer people, we have to find delight in it because we are truly blessed that we have cancer.