Surviving Inflammatory Breast Cancer is a cancer survivors story taking the reader from the morning she woke up with symptoms, through the diagnosis, treatment and how her life changed. Inflammatory breast cancer is rare and doesn’t show up on a mammogram. There is no lump. It can be confused with a breast infection.Charlene resides in Cuba, Missouri with her Chihuahua (Sugar), parrot (Sherbert), two parakeets (Snowblue and Daffodil) and five cats. She loves wildlife. She enjoys crocheting and is an avid reader. She served four years in the Air Force and has written a book about her time served Memories of an Enlisted WAF 1962-1966. She has a son and his wife, Martha living in California, a step-son, Barton in California and a step-daughter, Cheryl in Nevada. David Jacobs, her companion for the past thirteen years lives in Stanton, Missouri.