By Becky Zuckweiler, MS, RN Becoming sexual after having breast surgery can be one of the biggest hurdles you go through during your recovery. Since our breasts play such an important part in our sexuality,...
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By Becky Zuckweiler, MS, RN Becoming sexual after having breast surgery can be one of the biggest hurdles you go through during your recovery. Since our breasts play such an important part in our sexuality,...
By Gina M. Maisano Okay, you’ve made it through breast cancer. You’re a survivor. You’re ready to jump back into life – but are you ready to jump back into bed? Few topics are as touchy or necessary...
By Becky Zuckweiler, MS, RN Resuming your sexual activity after breast cancer surgery can make you feel quite vulnerable and uncertain about how to proceed. I was first faced with this situation at age 30 when...
By Julie Auton I grimaced at my reflection in the bathroom mirror at my workplace. “What’s wrong?” my coworker, Sylvia, asked. “I look awful,” I confided. “My eyebrows...
There’s nothing like lingerie to make you feel feminine. Just because you’ve had breast surgery doesn’t mean you have to compromise in the intimate apparel department. Lingerie for the post-mastectomy...
Both surgery and radiation therapy can affect the size of your breast. It’s easy to see this physical change. However, it’s the changes you can’t see in your self-image and sexuality...
By Becky Zuckweiler, MS, RN Facing sexuality again after breast surgery can be a particularly fearful and despairing time for a single woman. Many single women feel as though no one will ever want them...
The dating scene can be daunting for any single woman, but for a single woman battling breast cancer, it can be downright intimidating. Is the first date too soon to bring up the subject of breast cancer?...
For women who have not had breast cancer, it is hard to imagine anything more devastating than losing a breast. Women who have had breast cancer quite often mourn the loss of their breast, or at the very...