2 years after bilateral mastectomy

Hi Party...

I just wanted to mention one other thing - you have been through a great deal in the last 2 years!  I found myself, after having a bi-lateral mastectomy, depressed!  That was a complete shock to me as I had always been a happy going, stay in the game, give it your all, kind of person.  I had been through a great deal in my 50 years (I won't go into the details here) and was always able to get over every situation that came along.  It was only after looking at my situation in a therapists chair that I realized that I had lost a great deal - even though I was grateful for being alive and cancer free!  I had never been a women who was "defined" by my appearance or my breasts... but this is a bigger loss than we, as women, are suppose to feel. (by that I mean that we are expected to buck up, put on some pink ribbons and just get on with it).  Give yourself time to grieve... it's a tremendous loss and so give it that room - with or without a therapist you must allow your mind and body to grieve so that it can heal.  I will be honest here - it took me all of 5 years to come to terms with the loss I experience from my bi-lateral mastectomy...  I wish you luck and love and relief and I hope that this all occurs soon so that your energy levels can get back to the level needed to raise 2 beautiful, full-of-life, children.  Warmly, Deirdre