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  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 CSN Member Posts: 4,374 Member
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    zahalene said:

    I so agree...
    I had one breast removed in 1986 and the other in 1988...no recon.
    As of July 3, I am officially a 25 year survivor.
    And I would not have missed the life I am living now for ANYTHING.
    I am 63, with a man who loves me in spite of my 'breastless' condition (not the man I was married to at the time), and living every day as I choose (for the most part of course).
    The perspective I have now has been dearly won and not an easy win either, but from where I stand now I can see that the past is what it is and it is up to me to do what I can with today and all my future days. Choices. I choose to LIVE.

    PS...The man who loves me just asked me to tell you all that there is so much more to a woman than her breasts and he wishes you all well.

    I pray that you will start
    I pray that you will start feeling better about yourself. There is so much more to us, than just our physical appearance. You have fought bc and you are a winner, a survivor!


    Hugs, Jan
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