Stories of Hope
Amy’s Story – 13 year survivor
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...
Marissa’s Story
Marissa’s story of hope after being diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer at age 27.
Nina’s Story of Hope
Age Diagnosed with IBC: 44 Year of Diagnosis: 1996 Current Status: Cancer free I am a 26 years survivor of IBC. I was diagnosed in Aug of 1996 at age 44. You can do the math. I am proud to tell you all I am 70 years young. In those days, it was staged as a 3B cancer....
Stephanie’s Story of Hope
Stephanie was diagnosed in 2019 at the age of 35 and is currently NED. She credits her family and friends for getting her through treatment. They drove or flew in to help, the meal train setup by her coworker and the donations. And of course, lots and lots of prayers....
Sue’s Story of Hope
Sharing some hope from our friend Sue, who by the way didn't have the best response to treatment. She is one of the reasons we can say "Hope Always". This is how I kicked off my 13th year of survival. I was diagnosed a day after my birthday. I call it my rebirth...
Moms, babes and hope
Moms, babes and hope We are grateful Kelly was willing to share her story with us... Four months into my pregnancy I started to notice changes in the skin of my breast. I initially thought this was just normal hormonal pregnancy changes. As the next few months passed...
IBC survivor, Bo Smith, gives birth
‘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...
Christin’s story
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...
Amy’s Story
Age at diagnosis37 Year diagnosed2002 Brief StoryI was diagnosed with Stage IIIB Inflammatory Breast Cancer. I was ER+ and PR+. I went through 4 rounds chemo of Adriamycin and Taxotere, Surgery of mastectomy, 4 more rounds chemo of Adriamycin and Cytoxin. After chemo,...
JoAnn’s Story
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...
