‘I can’t begin to explain how this feels to breastfeed my son, after losing one breast to cancer, and being told I may not ever have this sweet boy in my arms.’Every now and then we get to share happy news with our readers and this is one of those times; IBC survivor...
Hi there, I’m Christin! I’m honored to write a guest post for the IBC Network Foundation. In early 2015, at 34 years old, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Inflammatory Breast Cancer. I have twin daughters, who were not yet three, and I had given birth to my son just five...
UPDATE January 5, 2024 From: Amy 22 years ago on January 2, 2002, I was diagnosed with Stage IIIb Inflammatory Breast Cancer. I was 37 years old, single mom, raising a 9 year old daughter. Wow…what a ride this has been. I have meet some of the most incredible...
Age at diagnosis 33 Year diagnosed 2011 Brief Story I was diagnosed at 29 weeks gestation. Being ER+, PR+, and HER2-, it was in my best interest to start chemotherapy immediately. I had a cesarean section shortly following the first round of chemo; delivered a healthy...
Age at diagnosis 27 Year diagnosed 2006 Brief Story Approximately 10 years years ago I was diagnosed with ER/PR negative HER2 positive inflammatory breast cancer. I endured neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (Taxotere), Herceptin infusions for one year, a mastectomy,...
Age of diagnosis 54 Year diagnosed 1999 Brief story I was ER Positive and with surgery found to have nine (9) of twelve (12) lymph nodes fully engaged with the spread of cancer, staging me at 3b. Treatment included chemotherapy for six months, followed by five days of...
