by Katrece Nolen | Aug 30, 2024 | Advocacy Volume 1, Issue 3, Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 3
In 2013, at the age of 38, I was diagnosed with stage 3 inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer. Next year, I will celebrate 10 years since diagnosis, a significant milestone for someone diagnosed with this disease and is...
by Alisa | Aug 30, 2024 | Advocacy Volume 1, Issue 3
Recently, I received an email from the IBC Network Foundation looking for applicants to volunteer as IBC Patient Advocates at the 2024 San Antonio Breast Care Symposium. Part of me was thinking I just wasn’t ready. It was just a year ago when I was diagnosed with...
by Terry Arnold | Aug 30, 2024 | Advocacy Volume 1, Issue 3
I recently had the opportunity to pick pears from my neighbor’s tree. The tree was completely loaded, and I got curious about how many I could collect. There’s no fast way to do it—you have to grab each pear and give it a quick twist or pull. They pop off...
