Going Mental
Recuperation really IS a long, drawn out process. It is SO much more than physical. I’ve talked about the mental and emotional aspects before as well. It’s a convoluted aspect of healing wherein each...
View ArticleTalking Is Harder Than Writing
I’ve been writing BoobCast for so long, one would think that losing my breasts to necrosis would have gotten somewhat easier to talk about. I would have liked to believe that writing about it makes it...
View ArticleWhy I Had A Boobjob
This is the week of my one year breast reconstruction anniversary. To celebrate, I’m telling it like it is. In today’s article I’m giving a no-holds-barred account of why I had the initial surgery...
View ArticleMy Emotional Healing – One Year Later
In just a few days I will celebrate my one year breast reconstruction anniversary. It’s hard to believe that so much time has passed already. Yet here I sit with the Twins neatly filling out my New...
View ArticleThe Great Nipple Debate Continues
As my regular readers know, I have been going back and forth about nipple reconstruction for this past year. Most of my worries have been based in fear. I realized a few days ago what another concern...
View ArticleFear of Losing My Breasts
I’ve talked about this subject before but now it’s becoming a more vivid fear. A couple months ago I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. My doctor put me on a 50 mcg dosage of Synthroid. Within days my...
View ArticleMy Legal Settlement
Earlier today I received the following email from a regular reader here at the blog. For personal reasons, the reader has asked that they be kept anonymous. Maria, In your blog, you said you signed...
View ArticleMy Legal Settlement – An Update
I finally found a way to login on the complaints board (see the first part of this posting below) and post a response to the accusation that, it appears, was most likely made by him or a member of the...
View ArticleFeeling Helpless
Have I mentioned lately that I despise feeling helpless? I hate this feeling with a blazing passion. Since finding the response from someone on the Complaints Board, I have been dealing with a great...
View ArticleFour Years And Still In Mourning
Today I gave a pep talk to a woman I admire in hopes that some of my own life experience might help her. She is having problems with both men and women who feel that it is okay to say cruel and hateful...
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