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Meeting Yourself Again: Body Image After Mastectomy & Breast Surgery (Breast Cancer Awareness Month Series: Episode 4 of 6)
What happens when the surgery is over, but you don’t recognize the body looking back at you?
In Episode 4 of the BRCA & Beyond Breast Cancer Awareness Month series, Marisa talks about body image after mastectomy and breast surgery, including the first time you see your chest, the uncomfortable in between of recovery, and the emotional process of learning to feel at home in your body again.
After her risk-reducing double mastectomy, Marisa avoided looking at her chest for weeks. Photos felt easier than the mirror because she could separate herself from what she was seeing. Then came tissue…
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