The baby is fine, and our daughter is fine; but at a couple of points in the birth process everything wasn't fine. Inflammatory breast cancer represents perhaps 1-4% of all breast cancers, and my tumor profile is also unusual. Having a relatively rare medical problem made me all too conscious that a good outcome wasn't guaranteed for our daughter or the baby when things went wrong.
I've come a long way in the ten years since my diagnosis. I know that no one is promised life's milestones; however, I can now picture myself at many more. There will be more weddings, more births, graduations and celebrations. My 86 year-old mother danced at her grandchild's wedding. I hope to do the same.
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