I may be a slow learner. It occurred to me yesterday that in spite of the popular rhetoric about battling cancer, being a warrior and fighting the good fight, I am not fighting against a foe. Rather, I am fighting for the ability to live my life the way I choose. At...
This is an open letter from one of our friends, living with IBC. She also guest blogs for the IBC Network. Also on a side note, about 40% of women diagnosed with IBC are also triple negative. It is time to talk. Dear Ms. Lunden, I was thrilled to see your cover...
Please read a message and view the picture that was shared with us today.This post could be viewed as a part of a series, with a prequel at the end of this post on how the IBC Network Foundation began. Update: Sheryl passed away on March 28th, 2016 at the age of 52. ...
Necessity is the mother of all inventions. The need was clear. Research was needed. It was early fall, 2011 and I didn’t know how I was mentally going to get though another “Pinktober”. Some find comfort in the “pinkness” of October. I don’t. I am happy for the...
Reading the post Kate shared with us, expressing her feelings of loss, clinging to hope for others, we were honored to share this essay with our readers. We remember just a few of our sisters who will not be here with us this Christmas. For all the Susan’s,...
Kathleen K. Strosser has been living with Stage IV Inflammatory Breast Cancer since April, 2009. She is currently on a new chemotherapy agent approved just this past February. Kadcyla (Genentech) is a combination of herceptin and emtansine, and has far fewer side...