RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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SOUTH JORDAN \u2014 Katie Walterman has always loved the popular British sci-fi show "Doctor Who," but little did she know her favorite "Doctor" would get to be part of one of the most important days in her life.In the spring of 2024, Walterman started experiencing symptoms that individually "didn't really scream cancer." She was talking to several doctors about the changes in her menstrual cycle, bloating, feeling full way too fast and new pain."I just knew something had changed. At different points there were other explanations, and I tried to trust those answers ... but my symptoms continued, and I really couldn't shake that feeling that something was more sinister," she said.Eventually, she wound up at urgent care, a moment that "changed my life forever." The emergency doctor listened to her entire story and all of her symptoms before sending her to do a pelvic CT scan. The scan results were concerning, and she was put on the path to have a hysterectomy to remove one of her ovaries."Right before the surgery, I had several conversations with my surgical gynecological oncologist about preserving fertility. My husband and I, we really wanted to have a child, and the conversation was 'If you see cancer, please take it, we don't want to mess around with cancer,'" she said.What should have been a simple surgery ended up taking much longer, and she knew something worse had occurred \u2014 the surgeon discovered cancerous growths, and she was diagnosed with Stage 4 uterine cancer."It was not only a full hysterectomy, it was a complete de-bulking. The brilliant surgeon I had, she took the time to go through every speck of my abdomen and removed anything that was concerning," Walterman said. Katie Walterman and her husband Thomas prepare for her last round of chemotherapy for Stage 4 uterine cancer. (Photo: Katie Walterman) Afterward, she endured months of aggressive chemotherapy and intensive radiation treatment at the Daybreak location of Huntsman Cancer Institute. Thanks to her family, friends and the medical staff, she was able to push through."It was really just a long stretch of putting one foot in front of the other. There were days treatment was incredibly difficult, physically and emotionally, but I ultimately had the best support system around me," she said. "People showed up in my life in ways that I will never forget."'It felt like providence'Doctors typically don't say s
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