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I feel like a coward
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Rose Giaimo Jul 15.

 

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Thanks, Barbara. It's really good to know there's help and understanding for me and other women here. You're right. The world doesn't see what we see. Sometimes I don't see either. It's now just so "me". That's on my good days! Sometimes it's hard.…
July 14
Hi Rose, Welcome to your network. I am glad you chose to comment on the experiences you have been going through. Your journey and experience will help all of us. I agree that most of the prosthesis are hot and uncomfortable in the summer especiall…
July 9
I don't find any difference with the heat and the prosthesis, My real breast sweats too! The bathing suit issue is another story! I was in Florida a couple of months ago and went by the pool and was very self conscious. But the mastectomy suits are…
July 8
I got that question a lot too. I found that if you explain in detail about the reconstruction...it does give people a sneak into why a person wouldn't do it. How are you dealing with the summer heat and the prosthesis? For the most part, I usually j…
July 8
I don't know if I will ever have the surgery. I don't mind wearing the prosthesis. It looks so natural even I forget it's not me. Many people ask me about having the surgery and why didn't I do it at the time of the mastectomy? People should not jud…
July 8
thanks Rose. So are you planning reconstruction? My sister had it done and she repeatedly tells me that if she had to do it over again, she wouldn't have had it done. There is so much available as far as breast forms and such...I just don't see the…
July 8
No way are you a coward! I can certainly understand your decision. If I could have avoided or prevented my breast cancer, I would have. You were very brave to undergo a mastectomy - more brave than me. I was forced to have it! I too, did not have th…
July 7
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I guess deep down, I know my decision to have a masectomy was the best decision for me. But it is amazing how people react when I state the fact that I did not have cancer but decided to have the surgery as a prevention. I also decided not to have t…
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I am 50 years old and recently had a double masectomy. My surgery was totally preventative because I have the cancer gene. My mother had breast cancer and my younger sister had breast cancer and I chose to be one step ahead of it.

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