I was inspired to give after I was diagnosed with triple negative inflammatory breast cancer. I was lucky and the treatment worked for me. It doesn't work for most. Women, some so very young, were pming me on facebook, 'Hey, I heard about you and you are well, can we talk?' I had to help. I started a charity, that I run full time as a volunteer, and raise money for research. I have to do it. Because so many don't make it, I will carry on in their honor. Because of them, I fight on for other. My charity of choice is the IBC Network Foundation, an all volunteer ran charity funding research for inflammatory breast cancer. No Lump, Still Cancer. www.theibcnetwork.org
Hope always, Terry
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The greatest joy is in giving. I work every day in a cancer center and lose countless patients. But I believe I'm called. Called to be there, to hug and pray with families and hold them together through the most awful time of their lives.
Orphan diseases are the worst. They have no research funds, no ICD 10 codes, no way to track what the fall out is. Because we can't track orphan cancers we can't track the losses.
I can tell you in my small town of Fairbanks Alaska, we have had more than 10 women diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer, four are dead, two are in the end of life. The horrible part is so many non profits spend o much money on salaries and expenses. The IBC Network Foundation is run completely by volunteers. They use gifts of mileage to fly around the country providing support and awareness.
Every penny made is put into research. Finding solutions and diagnostics markers for IBC. Meet Terry, she gives all of herself, her friends, everyone she knows.....it all goes to research. Please consider this small, but very important non profit. My husband and I have had some financial challenges over the past 4 years due to medical issues. We give $100 to every hunt for hope. Sometimes that means not enough money in our account. But it is THAT important.
I'm just a nurse. I am only one, but I am one. I can't do e dry thing but I can do something......and by the grace of God, I will do it. Join me, I will donate my winnings alongside yours. Maybe that will tip the kettles and find at least one piece of the puzzle.
Thank you,
Hannah Brice Smith, RNCN-BN
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