Following a rather complex bi-lateral mastectomy with extensive scarring and not being given the option of reconstruction, I plunged into a deep depression. My feelings of self image, worth, femininity were at an all time low, I felt I looked like a monster, not a woman at all, I stopped going out I felt everyone was looking at me. After almost two years I read that perhaps I could have...
In May 2015 I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer for the second time. My left breast had to come off but i chose a double mastectomy to avoid this path again. I was delighted to learn i would wake with a partial reconstruction done simultaneously, the conclusion to occur following chemo. I couldn't be happier with the result. My breast surgeon recommended the plastic surgeon to conduct this...
The breast reconstruction I had was absolutely worth any discomfort endured. After having had a mastectomy and cancer treatments for over 6 months, one of the main things that got me through it was knowing that down the track I would have a breast reconstruction. It was the best decision as it made me feel whole once again. The breast looks identical to my other breast which in the process was...
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