North Texas woman makes it her mission to help other overcome ovarian cancer

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North Texas woman makes it her mission to help other overcome ovarian cancer
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Oftentimes, ovarian cancer goes undetected until it’s too late, which is why a North Texas woman who calls herself a miracle has made it her life’s…

Jill Bach was 44 years old when she went to the doctor for a lingering cough. Now, she's a cancer survivor with a mission to spread awareness about the detection of ovarian cancer.Oftentimes, it goes undetected until it's too late, which is why a North Texas woman who calls herself a miracle has made it her life's mission to raise awareness about the disease.

"I saw the doctor. He listens to my chest, and he goes,"I don't hear anything. I think you're fine, but let's go ahead and do a chest x-ray. While I was there for the chest x-ray, the x-ray tech looks at me and goes, 'Where's your left lung? When did you have it removed?' I go, ' Excuse me? I never had a lung removed,'" said Bach.Further testing revealed cancer, but even more surprising was the diagnosis of stage 4 ovarian cancer.

Remarkably, chemotherapy and surgery left zero evidence of cancer, but it did leave Jill with two major revelations.

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