My breast cancer and the best laid plansI had a plan. I wrote an essay called My Last Summer with Breasts and posted it on my Facebook page, and was going to continue to write…Oct 11, 2021Oct 11, 2021
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The girl in search of the secret requirements for being a woman.My girlfriend bought me a wrap dress this week, and trying it on my first thought was: this will look better on me after the mastectomy.Jul 9, 2021Jul 9, 2021
My last summer with breastsMost days I stand in front of the mirror and look at myself sideways. Sometimes naked, out of the shower, sometimes clothed. I look at my…May 30, 2021May 30, 2021
The medicine that doesn’t want me to be freeIt was the middle of the day on a Friday when the breast cancer nurse called. I’d forgotten she was going to follow up; two weeks before…May 22, 2021May 22, 2021
10 Ways to Stay Alive if Your Doctor Wishes You’d DisappearAt some point, your doctor will look at the clock — usually it’s right when you are feeling desperate. It’s because they don’t have…Apr 11, 2021Apr 11, 2021
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