Becky Zuckweiler, MS, RN, is the author of Living in the Post-Mastectomy Body (Hartley & Marks Publishers, Inc., 1998), and herself underwent a double mastectomy. Out of her own experience she developed a comprehensive program for the postmastectomy woman that includes a guide to surgery and its aftermath, exercises for regaining flexibility and strength, as well as an understanding of the psychological effects of this surgery, and how to navigate them.