Amy’s Story – 13 year survivor

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Today is a BIG Day for me, February 6th. I have been a survivor now for 13 years. Yes! On this day I woke up with my right breast swollen, and I mean very swollen, no lumps or bumps, just much bigger. My first stop was to call a nurse friend to “Feel Me Up” and she...

Announcing the New IBC Program at Ohio State

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(From lt to rt) Dr. Maggie Gatti-Mays, Dr. Dione Quiroga, Dr. Nicole Williams, Terry Arnold, Carol Mikel, Dr. Ashley Pariser, Dr. Daniel Stover It’s official! Ohio State has announced their inflammatory breast cancer program. We are glad to say our Ohio donors...

A Non-Scientist at a Breast Cancer Conference

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Guest blog by Carol Mikel I have worked with the IBC Network Foundation for over three years, with the last two years under Covid restrictions when we couldn’t have in-person events. This year things have opened back up and we were able to attend the two major...

Bad News 101 by Meg Senuta

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An IBC sister Meg Senuta, wrote an essay in Creative Nonfiction that has been Nominated for a Pushcart Prize. The article, Bad News 101, is about empathy training to help medical students sit with uncertainty. It’s very real and raw. “Creative Nonfiction...

A Letter to My Kids

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Terry Arnold, Founder of The IBC Network Foundation, wrote a note to her kids that we wanted to share here: I wanted to send this out because it’s almost time for open enrollment. You may have an option to get an additional cancer policy on top of your medical...