Jo Mckenzie-Mclean was nervous ahead of surgery to remove a rapidly-growing tumour on her ovary. When a doctor explained to Jo McKenzie-McLean she had a cancerous tumour in one of her ovaries, it was described as “kind of like a hard-boiled egg”. The 44-year-old Cromwell mother and Stuff journalist was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in January 2021 after first being turned down twice for a colonoscopy because she didn’t fit all the criteria. ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff Jo McKenzie-McLean was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in January 2021. It feels really bizarre.”ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff McKenzie-McLean in hospital the day after she had a volleyball-sized tumour in her ovary removed.

Source: Stuff November 20, 2022 23:47 UTC