For years, I would wake up early and write about everything people needed to know about inflammatory breast cancer. I wrote about the plans the IBC Network had, why they mattered, and how we needed to execute them. I wrote to educate, to correct misinformation, and to...
The holidays used to mean joy, laughter, and twinkling lights — until cancer treatment made even simple celebrations feel impossible. Most people look forward to the season — the festivity, the food, the bustle. But when you’re in treatment, the holidays bring a...
There’s an important meeting happening this November called IBC Connect, hosted by the Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Clinic at MD Anderson. As someone who regularly attends medical conferences—especially those focused on inflammatory breast cancer (IBC)—I...
Simple phrases like “I’m sorry” and “I love you” can hold more weight than we realize. I was scrolling through Facebook late one night when I saw the words: RIP. Just three letters. Dropped into the deep pool of my grief. I had lost another woman I’d been working with...
When the final credits rolled, I sat there stunned. I had been mentally preparing myself for weeks to watch the documentary Inflammingo. I desperately didn’t want to be disappointed. After all, I’ve spent eighteen years talking about this disease. And now, on a large...
