Do I need a bra fitting service, or can I just buy a post mastectomy bra online?
Do I need a bra fitting service, or can I just buy a post mastectomy bra online? The best advice I can give to anyone looking for the most suitable mastectomy bra is to get fitted. Your body inevitably changes during and after treatment, so it’s a really good idea to get fitted before you […]
Creating Good Breast Health Habits Now
Postponed mammograms, in Ireland, have given some of us, including me, the push to check our breasts more regularly. Now is the time to practice more self-care and remind the women in our lives to do the same. It was only the other day that it occurred to me that my invitation letter for a […]
Overcoming Breast Cancer and Mastectomy Surgery. The same journey faced the whole world over.
Original article was written by Valerie & printed by Happy Magazine in 2019 This blog story begins in December 2014, my family were very lucky to travel to Vietnam for two months. My husband Finbarr had the opportunity to work at a Vietnamese university. We were very excited to have this adventure with our children, […]
‘Fight like a Girl’ Mastectomy, Breast Reconstruction – feeling beautiful again after breast cancer.
This is the short story of how ‘Valerie’, that’s me on the left, discovered a way of ‘making women feel and look beautiful after breast cancer in Ireland’ and why like most women, it’s a subject we often don’t get to talk about. (original article was written by Valerie & printed by Happy Magazine […]