by Amelia | Feb 19, 2025 | Hope Stories Vol. 2, No 1, Survivorship Vol. 2, No 1
A cautionary tale about inflammatory breast cancer. I am in my third year of fighting this cancer and have become much more knowledgeable about IBC, combining research and participation in social media with thousands of other women afflicted with the same rare cancer....
by Karen Abbott | Feb 18, 2025 | Hope Stories Vol. 2, No 1
Feeling healthy as ever in August 2024, Karen looks forward to living life. I really shouldn’t even be alive, but, by the grace of God, I’m now beating inflammatory breast cancer, having endured 14 surgeries, weeks of hospitalizations, 22 days of two-a-day radiation...
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 Natalie Raines | Dec 1, 2024 | Hope Stories Volume 1, Issue 4, Mind & Body Volume 1, Issue 4
I’d like to equate my life’s journey to a sailing yacht on a great sea. I charted my course and set sail a long time ago. I have run into rough seas on occasion and adjusted my sails or altered my course to find calmer waters. My sailing yacht was 57...
by Stephanie | Aug 30, 2024 | Hope Stories Volume 1, 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 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...