A fellow BC sufferer/ survivor in a FB group asked if she was mad to have no reconstruction. Like me she's having/had a one side mastectomy. Like me she's opted for no recon. Like mine, her surgeon says she can change her mind later "Did any of you do the same as me and then change your mind later?"
When I had my right mastectomy in March 2020, I reasoned it would be risky to have more surgery and it was for looks on, not for function. S. daughter #2 advised me that her daddy could manage me having only one boob!
S. daughter #3 advised me that losing the boob meant I became an Amazonian woman (proverbially they thought they could fight better without the R one!).
My tae kwon teacher admired my ability to get back to training within weeks. I could still kick, punch, block, squat, do sit-ups, press-ups, see, hear. Having had a boob job would mean I couldn’t do press-ups for months.
A year on, I’m ok with my looks. What I can do matters more than how I look. Looks make me feminine, but action makes me feminist.
