Rachel Ford

04/16/25 • 39 min

Terry Arnold and Rachel Ford discuss Rachel being diagnosed at age 37 with inflammatory breast cancer, and not getting the standard of care treatment.

Terry Arnold and Rachel Ford discuss Rachel being diagnosed at age 37 with inflammatory breast cancer, and not getting the standard of care treatment.

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Rachel Ford Podcast

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Terry Arnold: Hi, I'm Terry Arnold with the Ibc network. And you're listening to us on talk. Ibc podcast and there's my dog. Rachel said. She's got one walking around, too, and I've got Rachel Ford with me today, and we're going to be talking about her experience with inflammatory breast cancer. So, Rachel, where do you want to start?

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Rachel: We can start, I guess, at the be