A spent 12 months freaking out it would come back in the other boob! So went back to my surgeon and asked, can i have a prophylactic mastectomy? No questions asked. Booked me in. I have piece of mind know which is very important to me. Of course like we all do i remain vigilant! Being flat is no walk in the park as any of this fucked up cancer business is! Together, sharing our stories and embracing our differences is how we get thru this disease called breast cancer. And what we truly need is a CURE!!!
Had same problem when i was a uni. I found some great tank tops that worked well. The Boody range. Fabric is very soft with no seems. Holds everything in place. Better than constantly rearranging your top and foob!
Hey there, I am considering a prophylactic mastectomy too. On New Year’s Eve, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast
cancer. I have a fast-growing, triple-negative tumour in my left breast that
has spread to my lymph nodes. It requires six months of chemotherapy, a
mastectomy and removal of my lymph nodes, and radiation therapy. I have found treatment really tough (I am only halfway through the first leg of the triathlon!), and really don't want to ever have to do it all again. If you don't mind me asking, did you embrace flatness or do you wear prosthetics?
Being only a half flat, I get only half a day! No regrets - I have found a prosthesis simple and easy. My background and diagnosis indicates that I am no more likely to get cancer in my remaining breast than elsewhere (I know, that’s a funny sort of reassurance!) so mono-boobed I remain.
I had a bilateral mastectomy in 2017 and have remained flat. In the warmer weather, going out to the shops and so on, I do wear my prosthetics, but more to put the public at ease, rather than for myself. Once I was out and about without them and a little girl of about five called out in a high, carrying, falsetto voice "Look mummy...that lady has no boobs". The mother was embarrassed, the child was confused, and I felt quite awkward about it all. In winter, I wear a big loose scarf which covers my flat frontage, and at home or visiting family, I go as is.
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Hope all are well.
I have piece of mind know which is very important to me. Of course like we all do i remain vigilant!
Being flat is no walk in the park as any of this fucked up cancer business is!
Together, sharing our stories and embracing our differences is how we get thru this disease called breast cancer. And what we truly need is a CURE!!!
On New Year’s Eve, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. I have a fast-growing, triple-negative tumour in my left breast that has spread to my lymph nodes. It requires six months of chemotherapy, a mastectomy and removal of my lymph nodes, and radiation therapy.
I have found treatment really tough (I am only halfway through the first leg of the triathlon!), and really don't want to ever have to do it all again. If you don't mind me asking, did you embrace flatness or do you wear prosthetics?