by Kristine | Aug 30, 2024 | Hope Stories Volume 1, Issue 3
On January 24, 2014 at 4:45 pm I was diagnosed with stage 3B, almost C, triple negative inflammatory breast cancer. A day I will never forget! I remember crying the entire weekend but then I woke up on Monday morning with a mission. A mission to fight! I was only 39...
by Tiffany | Aug 30, 2024 | Hope Stories Volume 1, Issue 3
This month marks six years that I received my reoccurrence diagnosis. This one hit harder, this one was scarier, this one felt like there was absolutely no hope!! I of course have followed the IBC Facebook page since my initial diagnosis in December of...
by Morningstar | Feb 22, 2024 | Family Volume1, Issue 1, Hope Stories Volume 1, Issue 1, Survivorship
It was just beginning to get warm in April of 2010 when we took a trip to Galveston with our kids who were 12 and 3 years old. About this time my husband had noticed a small pea sized ball on my left breast, never had he told me that I needed to go to the doctor but...
by Danielle Cameron | Feb 15, 2024 | Advocacy Volume 1, Issue 1, Hope Stories Volume 1, Issue 1
In 2019, I was living my best life. At 39 years old, I savored the beautiful chaos of raising a family while pursuing my passion for teaching. With a five-year-old, a two-year-old, and another on the way, life was bustling with joy and anticipation. Little did I know,...
by Amy | Feb 9, 2024 | Hope Stories Volume 1, Issue 1, Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
by Amy I was by myself at the hospital when I found out I had cancer. It was 2020 and at the height of the Covid crisis. No one was allowed to go with me, so I ventured in alone. I never thought I’d actually have cancer. Mind you, I...
by Aliki | Feb 9, 2024 | Hope Stories Volume 1, Issue 1, Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
By Aliki Cancer is a subject that a lot of people are afraid of, some tread around carefully, and others simply avoid discussing. And most, if not all, think that it will never happen to them. Until it does. In June 2022, at the age of 36 I was diagnosed with...