Recently I wrote about House Resolution 1300, which talks about the need for education for patients and doctors about inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) to prevent misdiagnosis. The irony is that these days many women who go to the doctor are pretty sure they have cancer. They've used a computer search engine to list their breast cancer... Read more
Most of the time I don't get angry about breast cancer. I can think of more traumatic things that could happen to me - total paralysis, rape, murder. In support groups, I've been amazed at how often women talk about being fortunate to have breast cancer compared to other health problems. "My brother-in-law had a stroke and can't talk," said one... Read more
It's only July 11, but already this month my friends and I on one of the mailing lists to which I belong have been saddened to learn about five new pathfinders.
For years the Inflammatory Breast Cancer community has used the terms warriors to describe survivors who are battling the disease and pathfinders to honor those who have left... Read more
My husband and I were off for our
annual beach trip, but first we had to make a detour through Greensboro, North Carolina
to meet with some of my on-line Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) friends. Because IBC comprises only one to four
percent of all breast cancers, I don't often get a chance to see people who
have it face to... Read more
Everywhere I turn, I see news about
marvelous advances in the fight against breast cancer. Nancy Brinker, founder of Susan G. Komen for
the Cure, writes on the Komen website, "We have come a long way in our fight.
Twenty-five years ago, when breast cancer was diagnosed before it spread beyond
the breast, the five-year survival rate was... Read more
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