What have bra makers got against breast cancer survivors?

Leave it to me to talk about mastectomy bras on the front page of my blog. But, I think doing the obvious and ‘hiding’ it on one of the other pages, is part of the problem.

Women like me, minus one or both breasts (no, the promised reconstructive surgery didn’t work out) are expected to go through the rest of their lives, quietly hiding our ‘problem’ in bras that are about as sexy as athletic tube socks. Oh, and you get a choice of ‘nude’ , white or black. Knock yourself out.

Here’s your reward for having survived breast cancer! Lookit! Ain’t it purty?

This catalog photo is as good as it gets - especially here in Reno. I went bra shopping recently at the one place in town that carries mastectomy bras, and I was given one choice - take it or leave it.

This is why I live in mastectomy bras that have seen ‘better’ days. It’s a project that would depress the most well adjusted of us into the bottom of a double martini.

I don’t care much for take it or leave it.

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One of Reno's best massage therapists

Friend Jessie was determined that she would get a massage for me, and I put it off and off. We all get so busy and the things like massages and pedicures - two things I just adore - are the last things I’ll actually get around to, even when it’s a gift. What can I say?

Carol Mattes gave me one of the very best massages I’ve ever had today.

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