by Colleen | May 27, 2025 | Featured, Survivorship Vol 2, Issue 2
Almost immediately after I was diagnosed I wanted to go. I didn’t really care where. I wasn’t seeking a destination but rather movement, forward movement. This desire was not at all about running away, I knew I could not run away from this disease and as...
by Aliki | Feb 18, 2025 | Featured Vol. 2, No 1, Hope Stories Vol. 2, No 1, Survivorship Vol. 2, No 1
Getting cancer puts a lot of things into perspective. Things you took for granted are suddenly precious; situations that you would get caught up in and stress about are not that important anymore; you are humbled by force. Right before I got diagnosed, I was facing a...
by Colleen | Dec 1, 2024 | Featured, Featured Volume 1, Issue 4, Mind & Body, Mind & Body Volume 1, Issue 4
A fellow IBC sister posted this picture on Facebook and I’ve stolen it because it is so true. This is one of the many things I find so surprising about my feelings. I trust God and I’m angry I look back over the years of my life and see numerous times when...
by Danielle Cameron | Aug 30, 2024 | 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 Martha Van Dam | Feb 1, 2024 | Featured Volume 1, Issue 4, Mind & Body Volume 1, Issue 1
by Martha Van Dam The diagnosis is overwhelming enough, and then you find yourself suddenly needing to learn a whole new language and having to make decisions about your care and treatment when you don’t feel as though you have enough information to understand your...