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Why are we in hiding?
This started as a post on another discussion but I felt that it's importance to me meant it needed it's own spotlight. I started to diverge from the issue at hand with, "If anyone has an issue with m...
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I had scarfs and hats on and they were hot and itchy etc I have very sensitive skin.... my daughter then 16 said to me bloody hell mum just go bald if anyone has a problem with it let them worry about it .... I did from then on until winter arrived and I needed beanies to keep warm.
I am double mastectomy and no reconstruction here I go flat and fabulous all the time.
I was the secretary for a monthly ladies dinner night when I returned to it after treatment quite a few of the ladies asked me when are you being reconstructed.... I being me ... Said loudly after the third person asked ...."I am not having reconstruction, I am happy to be flat and fabulous if you have a problem you need to go see a psychologist" everything went quiet for a few minutes and then someone piped in with congratulations on being brave to buck the norm.
I have learnt I don't walk the path that others want to walk to conform to society.
I am me
I will always be me
Now I am me with no tits
But I know it takes a lot of courage to do that
I have several ladies with single mastectomy who refuse to wear a prosthesis, they have learnt to wear clothes that disguise their lopsidedness....
it is about acceptance in society of those who don't fit the regular mould.
I had scarfs and hats on and they were hot and itchy etc I have very sensitive skin.... my daughter then 16 said to me bloody hell mum just go bald if anyone has a problem with it let them worry about it .... I did from then on until winter arrived and I needed beanies to keep warm.
I am double mastectomy and no reconstruction here I go flat and fabulous all the time.
I was the secretary for a monthly ladies dinner night when I returned to it after treatment quite a few of the ladies asked me when are you being reconstructed.... I being me ... Said loudly after the third person asked ...."I am not having reconstruction, I am happy to be flat and fabulous if you have a problem you need to go see a psychologist" everything went quiet for a few minutes and then someone piped in with congratulations on being brave to buck the norm.
I have learnt I don't walk the path that others want to walk to conform to society.
I am me
I will always be me
Now I am me with no tits
But I know it takes a lot of courage to do that
I have several ladies with single mastectomy who refuse to wear a prosthesis, they have learnt to wear clothes that disguise their lopsidedness....
it is about acceptance in society of those who don't fit the regular mould.