Dr. Google can save lives, but also can get it wrong.

General, Patient Resources

Please see update June 18, 2016 regarding this note.  Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I wanted to share something an IBC sister pointed out to me. She was searching for information on Inflammatory Breast Cancer. When she put the term in Google for a search, a blue box...

Inflammatory Breast Cancer and Social Security

Patient Resources

Inflammatory breast cancer patients are covered by Social Security benefits to help manage the financial strain of disease-related expenses. If you have been diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer, you are also qualified to receive a Compassionate Allowance....

Lipstick

General

I watched Karen as she reached into her handbag and pulled out a deep red lipstick, probably a color she had worn for over 30 years. Then she reached for an eyebrow pencil and she drew on the brows that framed her clear blue eyes.  She peered into a small mirror and...

Moms & Daughters

General

I will never forget the feeling. It was the tiniest mark on her forehead. I put her down on a blanket on the floor of her nursery, she was only starting to crawl, I thought I could pop over to the laundry room across the house and be back before she even got to the...

Because of Her

General

Updated January 21, 2014 – “The IBC world suffered a great loss today. Lori Grennan, the inspiration for much of our work, has passed away. Peace to her family and all who loved her. We will continue on, in her honor, educating and funding IBC research.”...