Amy Braes - Ovarian Cancer Research

Amy Braes - Ovarian Cancer Research Raising $1M for ovarian cancer research. Start the chat. Build the buzz. Overcome ovarian cancer.

Frock on. It’s October! 👗✨🩵Today marks the start of Frocktober, which is a month of frocking up for ovarian cancer resea...
30/09/2026

Frock on. It’s October! 👗✨🩵

Today marks the start of Frocktober, which is a month of frocking up for ovarian cancer research. It’s a lovely excuse to pull out a favourite outfit, get people talking and put some hope into action.

For me, Mum is at the heart of it. I wish she were here to join in, but I’m proud to carry her story with me as I keep working towards my $1 million goal for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.

If you’d like to join the fun, I’ll be sharing more details on some local events soon.

Or, why not wear something that makes you smile, organise a little get-together, donate if you can, or share a post and help someone learn something new.

Who’s frocking up with me? 👗💗

Start the chat. Build the buzz. Frock ovarian cancer.

When Shabnam and I first met, we immediately felt a connection. Our experiences with ovarian cancer are very different, ...
28/09/2026

When Shabnam and I first met, we immediately felt a connection. Our experiences with ovarian cancer are very different, but we share the same hope for what can change. 💗

In this chat, Shabnam speaks so openly about being diagnosed with ovarian cancer at just 30, what survivorship has looked like for her, and how becoming a patient has changed the way she now sees people as a doctor.

There’s a moment where she talks about recognising the human being behind the diagnosis. Not just the scans, the blood results or the next appointment, but the person sitting in front of you...and the family carrying all of it alongside them.
That really resonated with me.

In my Father’s Day chat with Dad, he spoke about times when he and Mum felt almost sidelined during appointments, while so much focus was understandably on the disease and the treatment. Hearing Shabnam reflect on this from both sides — as a patient and a doctor — really stayed with me.

We also talk about research, why it gives us both so much hope, and what earlier detection and better treatments could mean for women and families in the future.
I’m incredibly grateful to Shabnam for trusting me with her story and for being willing to have such an open conversation. 💗

I hope you’ll watch it. And if something Shabnam says makes you think of someone else, please share our chat with them.

🎥 Watch our full conversation here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOmBo39ISwo

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Overcome ovarian cancer.

26/09/2026

There are some difficult truths in my chat with Shabnam...but we kept coming back to the future, and what gives us hope for it.

For Shabs, it’s the research. And I feel that too.

Knowing there are people dedicating their lives to finding better ways to detect and treat ovarian cancer makes me hopeful about what will be different for women and girls in the future. 🩵

I’m looking forward to sharing our full chat for Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month. Keep an eye out for it. ✨

25/09/2026

“I want the generation of women after us to have something they can rely on for early detection.”

That’s Dr Shabnam Gujadhur, talking about the legacy she hopes we can leave behind. 🩵

I sat down with Shabs for Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month, and I can’t wait to share our chat with you. Her words in this little preview mean so much.

The full conversation is coming soon. Please keep an eye out for it, and share this with someone who needs to hear our brave Shabnam's hope for the future. ✨

When Mum was diagnosed with ovarian cancer ten years ago, I was shocked to learn there was no reliable way to detect it ...
24/09/2026

When Mum was diagnosed with ovarian cancer ten years ago, I was shocked to learn there was no reliable way to detect it early. I mistakenly thought there had to be a test.

Ten years later, there still isn’t a reliable early detection test. That’s one of the biggest reasons I’m raising money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.

Ovarian cancer is the most lethal of all gynaecological cancers. I want to see a future where more women have better treatment options, and more families have more time together.

Research gives me hope that we can get there. 🩵

If this is news to you too, please share these tiles. This really is a chat worth starting.

22/09/2026

September is Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month 🩵

It has taken me to the Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer Research’s Gynaecological Cancer Patient Symposium, where I had the privilege of meeting Professor Andreas Obermair, catching up with Professor Carlos Salomon Gallo, and hearing from people who are dedicating their lives to improving outcomes in this space. I also met some awe-inspiring, strong women at the symposium who I’ll be keeping in touch with🩵

I also managed to sit down with Dr Shabnam Gujadhur for a very special chat. Keep an eye out — it’s coming soon, and I can’t wait for you to hear as Shabnam bravely shares her story. 🎥

18/09/2026

Listening to Dad talk about knowing that time with Mum was short brings me back to that feeling of just wishing we had known sooner.

But there is still no early detection test for ovarian cancer.

It’s such a big part of why I keep sharing Mum’s story, and why I’m on a mission to raise $1 million for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.

We can’t change Mum’s story. But I’m filled with hope for what research might change for other families.

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17/09/2026

So many new people have joined us here over the past couple of weeks — and I’m so grateful. 💙

Every like, comment and share helps this story travel a little further. Every new person who follows along is another person who now knows why ovarian cancer research matters.

This is what building the buzz looks like.

Thank you for being part of it. And if you’re new here, welcome! 🙏 🦋🩵🦋🙏

14/09/2026

There are parts of Mum’s story that belong to the people who loved her too. 💙

Fay wrote these reflections about Mum’s ovarian cancer diagnosis, their friendship and, of course, mahjong.

Today, I’m sharing her words — and another piece of Mum’s story as we work to and

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12/09/2026

💙 “A lot of that five years is somewhat of a blur.”

There was something Dad said during our Father's Day chat that has stayed with me.

He remembers how heightened the emotions were during Mum's illness. How, at the time, there was this sense that you would remember everything, but looking back, he says grief seems to have erased some of the details and memories - parts of those five years that once felt so vivid.

One of the reasons I wanted to have this conversation with Dad was to hear what those years were like from his perspective, and to offer some support to those going through it. I'm incredibly grateful that he's willing to share these parts of his experience so openly.

But as grateful as I am to have these conversations with Dad, I wish we had never needed to have them.

I want to see a future where fewer families have stories like ours to tell...where fewer partners have to carry what Dad has carried. And where conversations like this become less and less common because research has given women and their families something different.

Dad bravely shares what ovarian cancer has meant for our family and I'd do anything for fewer families to have to understand what he means. 💗

🎥 This is a short excerpt from What Partners Carry: A Father's Day Chat About Love, Caregiving & Ovarian Cancer.

You can watch our full conversation on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/fjZ9Ig0TSZY

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