by Aliki | Sep 2, 2024 | Family Volume1, Issue 3, Relationships Volume 1, Issue 3
My husband and I celebrated our 10 years together as a couple, by getting married. We didn’t do anything fancy; we put on our jeans and had the wedding of our dreams. That’s how I described it jokingly and proudly. Our children were there, and took our pictures;...
by Danielle Cameron | Aug 30, 2024 | Family Volume1, Issue 3, Featured Volume 1, Issue 3
When I was first diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer, the weight of the news was almost unbearable. The thought of facing such a deadly disease was terrifying, but it wasn’t the fear of dying that crushed me the most. What truly broke my heart was the fear of...
by Stephanie | Aug 30, 2024 | Family Volume1, Issue 3
Didn’t she ring the bell? Isn’t she done yet? Here’s the “quick” version. In March of 2022, I was diagnosed with Stage 3C Inflammatory Breast Cancer and started treatment at Cleveland Clinic. I had no idea how serious IBC truly was and thought we were following the...
by Eva | May 29, 2024 | Family Volume1, Issue 2
Five years ago, I was diagnosed with stage 3 inflammatory breast cancer at the age of 36. I was a busy working seemingly healthy mom of two and suddenly I was a cancer patient. I hated taking something for a headache and here I was facing chemotherapy. I would...
by Emily | May 24, 2024 | Family Volume1, Issue 2, Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 2
Motherhood is tough. The chaos that pairs with the season of life when you live amongst littles has no better comparison than a zoo. I truly upped the ante adding cancer to our chaos. My husband travels a lot for work, and while in active treatment we had lined up...
by Aliki | May 24, 2024 | Family Volume1, Issue 2, Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 2
There have been many things that I have overcome or learned to live with during my cancer treatment, the aftermath and the whole journey in general. The physical toll, the emotional rollercoaster, the mind games, the scanxiety, people’s ignorance and fear and...