article_snippet: Ms Ramage said: 'Then doctors thought my pains were caused by ovarian cysts, so I had scans which showed I did have cysts on my ovaries. '
article_snippet: Then they inserted cameras into either side of my tummy to see what was in there. '
article_snippet: When I came around after the procedure, I saw little white spots on the pictures, all over my bladder, uterus and bowel.
article_snippet: they were everywhere in my body.
article_snippet: But after that, I didn't hear anything, so I thought it had just been the ovarian cysts, which were removed. '
article_snippet: I went to the follow up appointment months later and a doctor said it was nothing, but about 30 minutes later I got a frantic call from a doctor. '
article_snippet: a doctor said nurses had been chasing me down the corridor to catch me before I left. '
article_snippet: a doctor had spotted the photographs and noticed the white spots, luckily a
article_snippet: doctor'd seen the photographs. '
article_snippet: For noticing the photographs, I owe a doctor my life really.
article_snippet: the photographs discovered when the photographs opened me up that the extent of my disease was much greater than the CT scan had suggested - the tumour was scattered everywhere, from my diaphragm, right down to my bladder,' Ms Ramage said.
article_snippet: the photographs removed all the visible tumour along with the worst-affected organs including my spleen, half my large bowel, my appendix, gall bladder, ovaries and fallopian tubes, the peritoneum, a bit of my liver and the photographs stripped the surface of my diaphragm. '
article_snippet: the photographs scraped some bits of disease off my bladder and uterus. '
article_snippet: the photographs then pumped a heated chemotherapy solution into my abdominal cavity to kill of any remaining microscopic cancer cells.' the worst-affected organs including my spleen removed in the worst-affected organs including my spleen entirety are not essential to sustain life.