Beauty
Making the Switch to Clean Beauty
What I put on my body is just as important as what I put inside my body.
September 6, 2020
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What I put on my body is just as important as what I put inside my body.
A story of how health and fitness can still be healthful even after being diagnosed. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is even more important during and after a diagnosis.
My first breast surgeon gave me the news that I had cancer and the choice to keep my “healthy” breast. They didn’t explain my condition or their plan of action the way that I expected. In fact, the eight minutes I sat with them was not enough time to explain very much at all about anything.
IBC is real and it doesn’t always appear like a typical breast cancer diagnosis. Pain, swelling, discoloration, change in appearance are all a part of IBC. If any doctor tells you that breast cancer doesn’t hurt, that’s a lie.
This body got me through cancer, and I am proud of it. By being vocal and sharing my story and images I hope that surgery without reconstruction becomes less of an outlier, and more of a viable choice for young women.
This experience has opened my eyes and mind to treat my body as a temple and to step outside of my fears.
“Surviving” breast cancer two times. “N’ Shit” the anxiety, daily aches and pains from my medication, running the non-profit, working full time, being a wife, mom…and still trying to live my best life.
I know that tomorrow is not promised, so I make it my business to live each day like it’s my last.
Your breasts play a huge part in your sexuality. It felt good to have them touched, kissed. It turned me on and now…nothing.
Something I’ve realized since I finished treatment is that, yes we are done and that’s great but we are sent out to deal with the after effects on our own.
