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'lizbeth · 10-29-2012, 07:39 AM

Paula,

Havent' been on - but you can always count on me to put in my 2 cents. I think the book realistically shows the aftermath of breast cancer surgery.

Society can wrap everything up in the nauseating pink pepto of raising money for a little bit of research and some charity manager's new BMW. I think we do women a better service by sharing the aftermath of cancer treatment.

I am one of the lucky ones who had an immediate reconstruction. Yep, I had big complications - but the upside I don't have the ugly horizontal scars which would bother me terribly.

Even without immediate reconstruction such as a TRAM or a DIEP women can have skin sparing mastectomies with an expander - that gives a much nicer result.

I don't even connect it with porn. It is the context that it is given in - a sharing of women who show the result of current breast cancer treatments.

10-29-2012, 07:39 AM	#5
'lizbeth Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sunny San Diego Posts: 2,214	Re: The Scar Project: Breast Cancer is Not a Pink Ribbon Paula, Havent' been on - but you can always count on me to put in my 2 cents. I think the book realistically shows the aftermath of breast cancer surgery. Society can wrap everything up in the nauseating pink pepto of raising money for a little bit of research and some charity manager's new BMW. I think we do women a better service by sharing the aftermath of cancer treatment. I am one of the lucky ones who had an immediate reconstruction. Yep, I had big complications - but the upside I don't have the ugly horizontal scars which would bother me terribly. Even without immediate reconstruction such as a TRAM or a DIEP women can have skin sparing mastectomies with an expander - that gives a much nicer result. I don't even connect it with porn. It is the context that it is given in - a sharing of women who show the result of current breast cancer treatments. __________________ Diagnosed 2007 Stage IIb Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Pagets, 3 of 15 positive nodes Traditional Treatment: Mastectomy and Axillary Node Dissection followed by Taxotere, 6 treatments and 1 year of Herceptin, no radiation Former Chemo Ninja "Takizi Zukuchiri" Additional treatments: GP2 vaccine, San Antonio Med Ctr Prescriptive Exercise for Cancer Patients ENERGY Study, UCSD La Jolla Reconstruction: TRAM flap, partial loss, Revision The content of my posts are meant for informational purposes only. The medical information is intended for general information only and should not be used in any way to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease