Count down to surgery

I’ve always looked forward to new adventures and or changes in my life. How do I prepare for coming home knowing I’ll be missing a part of me? I’m a size 18 mother of a 5 year old son and am loved by my fiancé for who I am. I’m worried how this might change me.
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It's a tough one. I had a bilateral mastectomy with no reconstruction and was a size 26 at the time. I went with humour as a way to cope and referred to myself as looking like E.T. All belly, no boobs but still cute as heck
Another way of thinking about it was that the effing thing had a crack at killing me and there was no way I was keeping something in my life that did that! Good riddance to the rotten thing!
Anyway, there's all sorts of ways of dealing with this (and they can change hourly, daily, weekly) and you'll do it your own way and that'll work for you. Don't think twice about seeing a professional for some help talking it through. It can be incredibly cathartic to talk through what you're feeling with someone who has no skin in the game. If you're not already aware, your GP can do a "Mental Health Care Plan" for you which will subsidise about 5 trips to a mental health professional.
All the best xo
Go gal go, and
from jennyss in Western NSW
As mentioned above see your GP for a mental health care plan, this is so valuable for talking about so many things.
Sending hugs to everyone that needs it xx