25th March 1954: Una was born in Belfast 1995: Aged 41, Una has a hysterectomy and asks for her ovaries to be removed. Her request is declined Summer, 2009: Una is diagnosed with IBS December 2009: Scans reveal cancer in Una’s ovaries and pelvis. She is given three to five years to live January 2010: Una begins chemotherapy treatment at the City Hospital and meets four other women, all living within a four mile radius of her home in Poleglass, who were similarly misdiagnosed. All four died before Una, the youngest at 36 February 2010: Una creates her own CD and raises over £43,000 for NI Hospice Summer 2010-2014: Una begins giving talks all over Northern Ireland, and addresses the Health Minister and the Health committee at Stormont, as well as Lisburn and Belfast City Councils August 2013: Una raises £2,500 for NI Hospice by shaving her head reported by UTV October 2013: Una receives a Pride of Britain award at the prestigious gala ceremony in London 7th October January 2014: Una calls her campaign TealTakeover and uses publicity and social media to raise profile of her campaign, to increase pressure by gaining public support January 2014: Una launches her petition calling for a standalone ovarian cancer awareness programme for Northern Ireland February, 2014: Una wins Belfast Telegraph Woman of the Year award March 3, 2014: Una persuades Belfast City Council to light up the City Hall in teal to mark ovarian cancer awareness month. Stormont is also bathed in teal light. It is the first time the disease has been acknowledged by any Government building March/Spring 2014: Ovarian cancer awareness month. Una contacts the media to begin her awareness campaign and approaches local councillors for help May 2014: After Una’s meeting with the Public Health Agency, an Ovarian Pathway is introduced to GPs all over NI, to help them detect the early sigs of ovarian cancer 8th May 2014: World ovarian cancer day. Una gets Belfast City Hall bathed in Teal again, raising awareness. Lisburn Civic Centre is also lit teal May: Una invited to St Mary's High School, Downpatrick to receive cheque for charity Target Ovarian Cancer as students raise £1,700 after teacher Oonagh Carson (36) dies of ovarian cancer June: Una declines to take a final round of harsh chemotherapy July: Una enters the NI Hospice for palliative care, which she also receives at home, when appropriate July: Una makes a video appeal calling for the public to donate to her Just Giving page for NI Hospice new build August: Public Health Agency produce ovarian cancer leaflets and posters and distribute these across the province September: Una’s long five-year wait for an ovarian campaign finally gets the go ahead at Stormont. October: An ovarian cancer awareness campaign which will use tv, radio, print and online platforms confirmed to launch 2016 December: Una has raised over £50,000 for NI Hospice Thursday, December 4, 2014: Una passes away, almost exactly five years after her terminal diagnosis