Ryland Brooks·1d agoAfter a Mastectomy:How to Walk Back Into the WorldIt’s your first trip to the supermarket. Or your first lunch with friends. Perhaps it’s walking back into work, or into church, or into a…
Ryland Brooks·Oct 23Intimacy After Mastectomy: Being Touched Again Without BracingThe lights are off, which already tells you something. You used to leave them on without thinking about it.
Ryland Brooks·Oct 16Why Can’t I Think Straight After My Mastectomy?(Brain Fog)ou read the same paragraph three times and still couldn’t tell someone what it said. You walked into the kitchen and forgot why. You stood…
Ryland Brooks·Oct 9The Post Mastectomy Stranger in my MirrorMaybe it happened the first time you stood in front of the bathroom mirror after surgery. Maybe you’d spent days avoiding it — changing…
Ryland Brooks·Oct 2How to Answer “How Are You?” After a Mastectomy — Without Lying and Without OversharingYour child is standing in the kitchen doorway, backpack still on, and asks the question you’ve been quietly dreading. *Are you going to be…
