It’s Not Your Mother’s Mastectomy
Knowing is half the battle.
Who among us doesn’t have an inherent fear of the unknown?
My formative years were before the internet, before smartphones, before we entered the time where information can be readily obtained, consumed and digested. I remember when adults would use the words “breast cancer” and “mastectomy”, they did so with an almost whisper-like reverence. As the years passed, the landscape evolved and it included new vocabulary like routine mammograms, genetic testing, and increased survival rate.
A WORD OF CAUTION:
Decide before you click how far down you want to go down the rabbit hole.
Surgical images can be both tempting and intriguing.
But until you know what you’re having done . . . . .