I consider many of the people I've met only in cyberspace to be some of my best friends. When I do get a chance to meet them in person, hugs, laughter, tears, and non-stop conversation always follow.
No one should have to struggle with cancer alone. In 1998, 170,000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States. That meant that about 1,700 of them had IBC. Although none of them lived in my town, Pete and Menya made it possible for me to meet some of them and saved my life as surely as my doctors did.


