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After workday, ‘I can just take my boobs off’

“I’m a 13-year survivor of breast cancer. I had a double-radical mastectomy. It’s weird, though, that when I needed breast reconstruction, I wasn’t able to get it. I had received a dollar an hour raise at my job, so I was outside the range for … Continue readingAfter workday, ‘I can just take my boobs off’

Posted on October 20, 2015June 28, 2021by David BerkowitzLeave a comment

‘Not being there for my son is a problem’

“I was diagnosed with the BRCA2 gene mutation, with an 87 percent chance that I would have an aggressive form of breast cancer. So I made the pre-emptive choice to have a double mastectomy. “I fought against it at first, and my oncologist kept asking … Continue reading‘Not being there for my son is a problem’

Posted on March 9, 2015June 23, 2018by David BerkowitzLeave a comment
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