Thankyou Sandy for posting this. My grandmother died from IBC. At the time they didn't name it anything other than breast cancer but were very surprised that she had a tumorless cancer. Mammograms did nothing to detect it, when her nipple started bleeding (hers started in the milk ducts)and the whole area around it was red and inflamed and she begged the doctor to look further into it, is when it was finally diagnosed. Bleeding from the nipple is not always or usually a symptom but in her case it was. That is what saved her the first time, the bleeding, they were able to treat the cancer in time. Only a few years later did it move to the other breast, this time no bleeding to warn her, it went too far and all the chemo and radiation in the world could not save her. I would plead with women everywhere that breast exams are wonderful and important, but that any change in your breasts needs full and immediate attention from a specialist. Too many women die of breast cancer, we all have to do something to stop it. Awareness and education are key.
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