by Colleen | Dec 1, 2024 | Featured Volume 1, Issue 4, 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 Martha Van Dam | Dec 1, 2024 | Mind & Body Volume 1, Issue 4
by Martha Van Dam I definitely remember, that when I first was diagnosed with IBC, laughter was the last thing on my mind. The fear, anxiety and stress was so overwhelmingly crushing that it hung a dark cloud over every aspect of my life. But as time wore on and I...
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 Kelly Kelbel | Dec 1, 2024 | Mind & Body Volume 1, Issue 4
This is an excerpt from Chemo Sessions, Infusion Post 5: Body Betrayal, Body Forgiveness by Kelly Kelbel Hi Y’all, When you were diagnosed, were you like what the actual fuck? When I was first diagnosed, I was devastated. And I was pissed. Why was this...
by Gina | Feb 14, 2024 | Mind & Body Volume 1, Issue 1, Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
September 20th, 2022 was a day I will never forget. It all started earlier in the month when, what seemed to be overnight, I started to develop a lump in my right breast. Knowing that I have fibrocystic breasts, I initially wasn’t overly alarmed. However, I decided I...
by Martha Van Dam | Feb 1, 2024 | Featured Volume 1, Issue 1, 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...