I'm honored to have you along for the ride, too. I'd love to encourage you to sign up on the site like Patti did and respond to posts -- mine or others' -- whenever you have something to contribute.
For so long, the "standard" things people know about breast cancer included the sense that all breast cancers were similar, and that most of them happened to older women. It's good that we are now able to help people start separating information into the different kinds of cancers, the different treatments, and the fact that they can affect women who are much younger.
I think that IBC scares some women away from knowledge, since it seems more virulent and aggressive, and doesn't necessarily follow the patterns we learned in the past. Having women like you and Patti to spread the word can only help fight that fear.
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Ginny,
I'm honored to have you along for the ride, too. I'd love to encourage you to sign up on the site like Patti did and respond to posts -- mine or others' -- whenever you have something to contribute.
For so long, the "standard" things people know about breast cancer included the sense that all breast cancers were similar, and that most of them happened to older women. It's good that we are now able to help people start separating information into the different kinds of cancers, the different treatments, and the fact that they can affect women who are much younger.
I think that IBC scares some women away from knowledge, since it seems more virulent and aggressive, and doesn't necessarily follow the patterns we learned in the past. Having women like you and Patti to spread the word can only help fight that fear.
June 13, 2009 - 1:08pmThis Comment
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