#breast

Scars Show How Hard We Fought Back

Formal Definition: A DIEP flap is a type of breast reconstruction in which blood vessels called deep inferior epigastric perforators...

Aug 10, 20184 min read

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Today I am having another mastectomy and reconstruction surgery. It is the biggest, longest surgery I will have to go through in this...

Jul 26, 20183 min read

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In the immediate days after my mastectomy I didn’t truly accept what had happened to me. I treated the recovery as if I had the...

Nov 24, 20173 min read

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I know this seems odd…to write a letter to my chest. But for me, they have done so much, and not only for me but for my daughters. I had...

Nov 16, 20173 min read

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I remember having pre-game jitters as a kid...t-ball. Being the center of attention when you were up to bat and that nervousness that...

Nov 16, 20172 min read

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I had a hard weekend. I let darkness creep into my mind, and instead of my sweeping it aside like my normally happy-go-lucky self does, I...

Oct 19, 20175 min read

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A Breast Cancer Survivor's Perspective As I am rounding out my chemotherapy treatments in October, it is impossible to miss all the...

Oct 7, 20176 min read

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It has been difficult for me to accept charity from others on this new journey. I am always on the other side, I prefer the other side....

Aug 1, 20175 min read

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