New years and Mastectomies.

Welcome to a new year and a very delayed Happy New Year. A difficult start to the year, but slowly getting back into my stride. For someone like me with bad chemo brain that seems to have lingered, I like it when Facebook jogs my memory events from the past. This morning it told me it was 5 years already since I decided to go ahead with my risk-reducing (from Breast Cancer) second mastectomy and double breast reconstruction (My first mastectomy had been 4 years previously).

I was unsure about the massive surgery required right up until the day I went in... I'm quite healthy now, will it leave me more damaged, the risk of back problem? should I put my girls through this? Was it really important? In the end I decided to go through with it and I was amazed at how happy they made me. Clothes suddenly fitted properly and I felt more shapely, more womanly.

I'm yet to get my nipples tattooed though. Definitely on my bucket list for 2017! I have had my areolas done a couple of times at the hospital (in 'Diamond Blush'... how does my brain choose to remember that?) but as they don't use a permanent ink they've faded fast. In fact the second time it only lasted a week or so. So I've decided on a pair of 'Vinnies' from the US. I'll keep you posted. 

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