Inflammatory Breast Cancer

It’s December 14 and I’m at the mall in a giant line to pay for a pile of presents I have been assured by my family members no one needs. My Parkinson’s disease symptoms are in full force. My muscles are so stiff I can barely shuffle my feet forward as the line advances. I [...]

Christmas day has always been a day free of care. As I reminisce about my past Christmas,’ I have so many amazing memories, from vacations and family gatherings to Mike’s birthday celebrations on Christmas night. As our Christmas evening came to an end in the past, I would usually be preparing for the “after party” [...]

When 46-year-old, mother of two, Jennifer Cordts was diagnosed with a rare breast cancer in 2015, she was told she had three to five years to live. That diagnosis changed her entire outlook, and today she’s making it her mission to educate others and raise awareness for the deadly disease. Cordts’ cancer journey began 11 months [...]

How do you deal with cancer when you feel so far from being yourself? You google “feeling ugly after breast cancer.” Then you sit and say to yourself, “Self, look at that — 1,820,000 results.” At least 1,815,000 of the results will of course tell you that cancer should not define you. That your (lack [...]

I’ve had people reach out to me over the past year asking me various questions, so here it is. Me laying it on the line. Because I have always been open and I am hoping I will help one person. Or two. You won’t say the wrong thing because saying nothing is the wrong thing. Anything [...]

It seems to me like the rest of the world is often more comfortable when they hear stories of rosy optimism and conquering disease. I figured that out early. I could post glowing optimistic stories of each new victory I overcame and I would receive endless praise. It was great, it fed my ego, but [...]

It was just supposed to be a mammogram. A few weeks earlier I had gone to my doctor to inquire about an unusual hardness behind my left nipple. I thought, in part, that I was a tad irrational. My doctor validated my fears during my first appointment and sent me for a scan. But it [...]