<div><p>When Rebecca Hockaday found what looked like a "colored freckle" on her body she didn't give it much thought. The then 35-year-old mother of 2 was busy looking after her family and their farm, so she waited months before getting a doctor to look at the spot. By then, it had multiplied into a nasty rash.</p><p>"There was just one, and then two, and I had a bunch more that showed up all at once," she told <a href="http://www.fox5atlanta.com/health/fox-medical-team/256693843-story\">Fox News</a>, "and that's when I thought, 'Okay, this is time.'"</p><p>Her doctor took a biopsy of the rash, and the results came back with some awful news that Hockaday was definitely not expecting.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/1.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/1_GH_content_550px.png 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>It turns out Hockaday had Inflammatory Breast Cancer, a rare and hard to diagnose form of the disease. One of Hockaday's doctors called it "one of the most aggressive forms of <a href="https://www.shared.com/her-doctor-told-her-the-lump-was-nothing-to-worry-about-now-she-has-just-months-to-live/" target="_blank">breast cancer</a> that we know of."</p><p>Unlike most kinds of breast cancer, the inflammatory version doesn't show up as a lump on the breast or in regular screenings.</p><p>It also shows up in younger women, like Hockaday. During the 6 months she waited before seeing a doctor, the disease took hold in Hockaday's body and caused serious damage.</p><p>It took a round of chemotherapy, a <a href="https://www.shared.com/this-woman-is-knitting-breasts-out-of-wool-for-one-important-reason/" target="_blank">double mastectomy</a> and a round of radiation twice a day to finally cure her.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/4.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/4_GH_content_550px.png 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>Hockaday wants other women to learn the signs of Inflammatory Breast Cancer, so they won't be blindsided like she was.</p><p>Symptoms include:</p><ul><li>a warm, red, itchy rash on the breast</li><li>an "orange peel" consistency to the skin</li><li>one breast swelling or feeling heavier than the other</li></ul><p>Five years after her diagnosis, Hockaday is doing well, but says her disease gave her a new perspective on life.</p><p>"I learned how to enjoy my family, I learned how to enjoy life itself. Seize every opportunity," she said.</p><p><strong>Share her warning with someone you know!</strong></p><p>[H/T: <a href="http://www.fox5atlanta.com/health/fox-medical-team/256693843-story">Fox</a>]</p></div>