My mothers journey

Today is March 1st 2010 and today is the day we find out if my mothers IBC ( Inflammatory Breast Cancer ) has spread to anywhere else in her body.

Abouth a month ago my mother confided in me that she had a funny spot on her breast. " Its not a lump " she told me its just a funny discoloration spot. " It doesnt hurt " I told her you still better get it checked out. She was having pain in her bowels also and leg pain for quite some time. When her bowel pain got to be to much my dad took her to the hospital turned out she had Diverticulitis. Its a disease of the bowels, that causes pockets to form on them. While she was there I told my brother about " the spot " He called and told her Dr. It has been a blur of a week and 1/2 since then. They did a biopsy and found it was positive for cancer. They called her a week ago Monday and told her it was IBC. IBC is very rare it only account for 1 to 2% of all breast cancers. Its also extremely aggressive. It metastisizes very quickly and easily. I have been an emotional wreck since. One day I am strong and confident that we are going to beat this and its all going to be ok, and the next week I am crying my eyes out and scared to death. I cannot imagine how my mother feels. So far shes in good spirit and strong and confident. I hope she stays this way because having a strong confident head about it is 1/2 the battle. I dont want her to give in and give up. My mother lost her mother to the battle of cancer when my mom was only in her early 30's ..Yes by rights Ive had my mother longer then that but Im not ready to let go yet. So with a strong heart and a level head I have researched this disease tirelessly. There are a few sites Id like to pass on.... BE INFORMED this cancer alot of women have no idea it exsists...It doesnt present as a lump so it can be easily misdiagnosed as an infection.. Check out the web sites I provide and I will add more as I learn on more for now please check these out do yourself a favor .... www.eraseibc.com also www.ibcresearch.org/symptoms