In each of our videos, we share our stories; how we made our mastectomy choices, what our experience was like and what our chests feel and look like now.
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“Going into the surgery, I was quite frightened about losing a breast. Once it was all done, it wasn’t as frightening. The expander had been put in during the surgery, so I didn’t look down at a flat chest”
“A lot of people avoided the topic or told me how strong I was which for me, didn’t help. The most validating response I got was from my sister-in-law who said, yeh that completely sucks and I thought yeh, it does!”
“I’m not going to deny that it is a big operation. I was surprised how numb my tummy would feel not just for the weeks afterwards but for years afterwards. It took about a month to walk and 6 weeks to heal the scar but I have never ever regretted the decision I made to have a tram flap reconstruction”
“At 52 when cancer was first detected, I had to search for a surgeon that would undergo a double mastectomy rather than a lumpectomy which was recommended – given my family history I didn’t have to search far.”
“They take tissue from your shoulder and tunnel it through… when my back itches, I scratch my breast.”
“Before I started chemo, I said Goodbye to My Tastebuds Party where everyone had to make a plate. Everyone put so much effort into making it special and it was special, and it made it light”
“I have a lot of faith in the medical profession I’m in the professional field, but I also have faith in the power of meditation, so I did a lot of meditating”
“I’m just so glad that I’ve been granted an extra 15 years”
