In an earlier SharePost, I talked about visiting women in the hospital who’ve had breast reconstruction surgery, and the immediate bond we feel for one another. We play the breast cancer version of show and tell: I’ll show you my reconstruction, you show me yours. Before cancer, I would never in a million years have considered lifting my shirt and baring my chest to a perfect stranger. But cancer changes everything; it gave me a burning passion to be there for other women facing it. And if...
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