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“It’s a Good Thing You Have a Feeling There” a.k.a. The Nipple Reconstruction

“It’s a good thing you have a feeling there!” exclaimed my plastic surgeon as she plunged her scalpel into my breast. I was reclined in a chair in her office and she was starting my nipple reconstruction surgery. Ever since the mastectomy, which involved removing my nipples and all the breast tissue, I had little …

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Call Me Pamela: The Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy

Finally, the day of my boob job was here. I felt incredibly guilty for feeling excited about having another surgery but getting my boobs back, and bigger then before, really made me happy. I knew I was never going to look completely normal and that no plastic surgeon could recreate everything exactly right, but I …

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