by Amy | May 24, 2024 | Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 2
April 22nd. 2020. 38 years old, with a 6 year old son. 6 months into a second marriage with two teenage bonus daughters. Diagnosed, at the hospital alone, with Stage 3 Inflammatory Breast Cancer. 40% chance of survival. Today, 4 years ago, I started my journey with...
by Terry Arnold | Feb 29, 2024 | Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
by Terry Arnold I recall the first time I woke up, and the initial thought of the day wasn’t the haunting notion of “I have cancer.” I initially overlooked that moment. It took me hours into my day to realize that my daily companion, the quiet fear,...
by Lorenzo Gayden | Feb 29, 2024 | Survivorship Vol. 2, No 1
Lorenzo Gayden wrote the following article. His wife, Kiwana Gayden, held a significant role as a board member of the IBC Network Foundation. Unfortunately, Kiwana passed away in 2018, and her absence is deeply felt every day. – The IBC Network Foundation by...
by Julia Laursen | Feb 22, 2024 | Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
My grandma and I were best of friends. We had so much in common. We loved Jason Bateman, a good drink and meal, to travel, and going to live theater. After I was diagnosed with cancer we suddenly had even more in common. We took a lot of the same medications. We...
by Morningstar | Feb 22, 2024 | 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 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...
