What not to wear Mastectomy episode

I saw that episode when it first aired.  I enjoyed it and loved trhe dressing tips.

I did not like how Stacey downplayed the emotional effect of the mastectomy! Yes we all have body image problems, some may be worse than others, but I thought it was very unsympathetic maybe? But then again, if she didn't have breast cancer and didn't have one herself, she wouldn't "get it."

I thought the hosts did a good job and I do think the "victim" of the episode had a lot of body issues that were not directly related to the BMX. Like Nagem, I do not necessarily share the taste of the arbiters on these kinds of shows, but I do think they did a nice job with this woman.

Soteria, agree on the hair. I just wished they had also made her stand up straight.

Nagem, I am the same way with posture. I like what Starak suggested on a different thread, to adjust, even if it is only for the next few steps. I think my hunching draws even more attention to me. So it is something I am working on...every time I think about it.

 This reminds me, I had an aunt who at age 98 still did not have indoor plumbing and...get this, she cut all the backs off her chairs because it made for sloppy posture :-) to lean back. I think of her and un-hunch. Once again.

Thank you River for posting this what not to wear episode...I have been looking for it!!

Riverrat, Thank you for posting this. I went to the mall today and came home a little down. This show was just what I needed. To be honest, I thought she looked great in t shirts. It gave me confidence. Pam

Thanks for posting this.  I thought she looked fabulous and especially like her hair and makeup.  I think that if one is going to go flat, tops with some detail looks much better than a plain T-shirt.  She focused more on her butt, thighs and peception of being "big" than the bilateral MSX.  Once they found pants that fit her, her whole attitude changed. 

I sure wish I had a fast internet connection.  (In case anyone asks, HughesNet sux. If I try to watch a 4-minute Youtube video, it eats up all our download allowance [250 MB/day] and HughesNet punishes us by slowing our download to old-fashioned modem speed for the next 24 hrs.) Maybe I'll just imagine what's in that episode. <sigh> 

BTW, thanks to everybody for mentioning slouching.  I've always slouched - I think it had something to do with being  flat-chested as a teenager.  Now that I'm uniboobed, I slump my shoulders even more. Oh, yeah... except when I'm wearing my Genie bra and silicone foob.  Then, mysteriously, I don't slouch as much.

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@Momine, I wonder if the "mastectomy slouch" comes from a combination of trying to avoid movements that exaggerate muscle soreness immediately following surgery, and unconsciously trying to protect the surgery area from being touched. I know one of my pre-surgery dreads was that after MX someone would turn around in the bus and smack me in the surgical area with a backpack or a big purse. It never actually happened, but I still cringe just thinking about the possibility. It doesn't make much sense, because a whack with a heavy object would probably have been equally painful (if not worse) when there was still a breast there, but it never occurred to me that it might happen, so it didn't make me slouch.

Curveball, that sounds logical, and I was afraid of that too in the beginning. I really had to work on keeping my posture. Wearing the fiber foobs also helped with that, because they kinda cushion the area.