Ryland Brooks·3d 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…
InThe ShortformbyEvergreen Encounters with Christina Vaughn·5d agoBreast Reconstruction Has Sidelined My Life ConsiderablyBut I am still glad I did it.A response icon1
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…
