Tag Archives: reconstruction
Pinktober, Take 2
I’ve not written here since beginning the Ph.D. this fall–unsurprising, I suppose, considering the how much else I’m supposed to be writing right now; but then, it is my mind’s constant confrontation with cancer that prevents me from getting things done. I’m not … Continue reading
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10 August 2009: Choice
Terrible foreboding and loneliness. The two of us in this house together and nothing but discomfort between us. I wish I could feel warmth, comfort, closeness. All outward signs are there: he takes me to the hospital, makes my meals, … Continue reading
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Aftermath
Amazing series of photographs by photographer Kerry Mansfied, Aftermath, documenting her mastectomy and reconstruction after a diagnosis of breast cancer at the age of 31. I love what she says: “Faced with the nihilistic process of radical chemotherapy and surgery, my … Continue reading
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Scar
Each Scar I’ll keep for Him Instead I’ll say of Gem In His long Absence worn A Costlier one Emily Dickinson
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Help, I Think I’m an ‘A’ Cup
When I once googled “mastectomy support” in search of women who were also trying to deal with the psychological implications of their cancer diagnoses and surgeries, most of the results it returned involved places to buy bras and prostheses. Mastectomy … Continue reading
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Breast Cancer® by Beckett
<—For the cure! Because why the hell not? Pink shit everywhere. As omnipresent as the American flag and just as commercialized, bastardized almost out of meaning. Not completely. But almost. Because as the American flag still connotes the rockets’ red … Continue reading
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external shows
The other night we felt like slumming it and went to pick up Dominos in Didcot, where we saw the typical weekend chav-rabble cluttering the pavement outside, queuing up for pizzas and fish and chips. Obese. Smoking. Pregnant. And I … Continue reading
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audre lorde, falsies & feminism
Controversial question of the day: is breast reconstruction after mastectomy an anti-feminist practice? I find coming to any sensible conclusion on this issue particularly taxing. As with most issues of moral ambiguity, the answer always slides into the terrain of ‘situationally-dependent.’ Audre … Continue reading
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back to front
Ever have one of those ‘back to front’ feeling days? Me too. Every day. Because that’s quite literally what’s been done to my body. I thought I should clarify one more thing. I am never, no never, going to post … Continue reading
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