Many of you have heard of this deadly type of breast cancer, but am sending this video to remind you to be vigilant and to share this information with your friends and loved ones.....especially those who might be too embarrassed or uninformed to say anything about a change in their breasts ! We must be proactive to save lives !
New type of breast cancer --- "IBC" -- not well known and deadly!
GREAT Informative VIDEO!
Please watch this, and then pass on to all the women you know & love . . . it could save a life
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=6P5JpnLRFsk
isotope20072008-08-08T10:17:38Z
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I also want to remind everyone that if you discover anything that concerns you and phone your doctor and get a pin head receptionist who say she can book you in for next week or next month DONT ACCEPT IT !
When my mothers care giver found a lump while bathing her she phoned me and I called her Dr and the receptionist said he was going on holidays and could book my mother in for next month !! She refused to make an emergency appt and refused to let me talk to the Dr.
I had to take mom to my own Dr who saw her that same day. My mothers Dr phoned when he got back from holidays and had received the chart from my Dr and apologized over and over.
He said he felt he had no choice but to let his receptionist go as the results could have been fatal. Mom was fortunate in that it was a very slow growing breast cancer, she had a very mild chemo given her age and health, a lumpectomy and eventually it was the anti-alzheimer medication that killed her, not the cancer.
Its YOUR health so be pro-active, fight for your right to immediate medical attention. DONT let anyone say "I am sure its nothing".
Having had a problem that led to 7 surgeries in 13 months I had to learn to be very demanding that I see someone immediately.
My sister in law ended up with this form of cancer. And everywhere she went she wasn't given much chance of survival. This form of breast cancer has the lowest survival rate. Well anyway, she stay strong about her chances. Went through all the treatments and had a mastectomy of the bad breast. So far it has been 4 years and she is doing fine. I think the chemo treatment did more harm to her immune system because she does get sick easy. But her cancer is in total remission. She knows that she will always have to live life in increments. She is hoping to get though the first 5 years trouble free. One thing of interest is that all our family doctors have said that this form of cancer, inflammatory breast cancer, is not hereditary. Ladies take care of your self's and get your spouses involved.
Hi Heide I'm a cancer survivor and at your age you could get IBC but it's not very common. what you describe could be anything, a bruise, sore lymph node, milk duct, cyst, inverted pimple, infection, since the redness and soreness isn't as bad, I wouldn't worry alot over it, but I would still get it checked out at the doctors office. Have you had mammograms in the past? They might want to do one just to be sure, possibly a breast ultrasound. How about under your arm, in the pit, there is a lymph node there, does it hurt? feel swollen? Sometimes the sites on the net really put the fear in you, dont' they? I would just see the doctor to ease your fears 100%, I wouldn't worry or lose sleep over it, IBC doesn't get better it spreads so the fact that it seems lighter and not as sore is a good thing.
Having had a mastectomy in 1990 and attending support groups and am aware of IBC. I did not realize that there are so many different types of breast cancer. Like the song said Keep Spreading the Word. Sorry I made an error on the date. It was Sept. 1998.
Never heard of it and thank you TONS for sharing this information and passing it along to the community. As someone else mentioned, men also get breast cancer and it's not to be taken lightly by anyone.
The video was excellent, information, enlightening.
I really appreciate this! You ought to get like ... 500 points for sharing this in Yahoo!Answers.