A two-time breast cancer survivor who opened a store to help other patients, said she must sell her Missouri business now because her cancer has returned to "multiple locations," The Wichita Eagle reported.
Kathy Dibben opened Absolute Dignity in Smithville in June 2007, the newspaper reported. That was five years after she underwent a bilateral mastectomy in 2007 and 17 years after she first beat the cancer in 1990.
Her store sells bras and swimwear for women who have had mastectomies, and also has breast prostheses, special tops and wigs. Dibben said she would like to find a buyer so the business can continue, the Eagle reported.
"It is with a heavy, heavy heart that I inform you that my cancer has progressed to the point that I must now find a buyer for Absolute Dignity, Dibben wrote on Facebook.
Dibben added that her cancer had spread to her brain, and her doctor has stopped all treatments except for pain medication, the Eagle reported.
Dibben is being placed in palliative-hospice care, according to the post.
"I absolutely cannot stand the thought of not being there for my over 1,500 mastectomy patients," she wrote. "After 12 years, Absolute Dignity was thriving. It has become increasingly more difficult to continue the level of care I so desire for my clients."
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