What we’ve been reading, listening to, and watching: a curated reading list for life during and after treatment
Most ‘books for cancer patients’ lists are inspirational and shallow. This one is built differently — drawn from named authors, named podcasters, named survivors who’ve published their own work. Each entry comes with a real reason to read, listen, or watch.
DIEP, TRAM, implants: the wardrobe-by-procedure guide nobody else writes
Different reconstruction procedures produce different physical recoveries — different incisions, different timelines, different wardrobe constraints. The practical guide for each, drawn from ACS reconstruction guidance, ASPS patient resources, and the patterns we hear from real customers across all…
Single and dating after mastectomy: when do you tell?
A practical guide to dating after mastectomy — the disclosure question, the timing, the wardrobe, and what real survivors describe consistently as having helped. Drawn from ACS sexuality and body image guidance, breastcancer.org community discussions, and named young-survivor resources.
Delayed reconstruction, a year later: dressing for the second surgery you didn’t expect to want
Some patients choose mastectomy without immediate reconstruction — and then, six or twelve or eighteen months later, decide they want reconstruction after all. The wardrobe re-enters territory you thought you were done with. The practical guide to dressing for delayed reconstruction.
Reconstruction is not a finish line. 6 women on what they wish they’d known.
A curated synthesis of what real survivors have said publicly about post-reconstruction life — drawn from breastcancer.org community discussions, named published memoirs, and patterns we hear consistently from customers. Not ‘how to feel grateful.’ The honest version.
The expander stage: 6-12 weeks of dressing around something nobody prepared you for
If you had immediate reconstruction with tissue expanders, the next 2-6 months involve repeat appointments to add saline. Each fill changes the shape and tension of your chest. The practical guide to what wears, what doesn’t, and what to expect across the months between the mastectomy and the…
Sex and intimacy after mastectomy: an honest conversation we don’t have enough
A practical, sourced guide to what the post-mastectomy intimacy timeline actually looks like — drawn from ACS sexuality and body image guidance, breastcancer.org’s intimacy resources, and patterns we hear consistently from real customers.
How my marriage survived mastectomy. We’re better now.
A composite story drawn from real patterns about navigating a long marriage through mastectomy and reconstruction. The conversations we got wrong, the things we learned, and the small habits that made the difference.
Three sessions a week, 52 weeks a year. The wardrobe rotation that finally works.
156 sessions a year. After watching dialysis nurses, patient creators, and our own customers, the wardrobe rotation that holds up across a real year of treatment lands at four pieces. Here is what they are, what makes each one earn its place, and how to actually wear them.
The caregiver burnout I didn’t see coming. The small things that brought me back.
A composite story drawn from real patterns about caregiver burnout — what it looked like, why it took so long to recognize, and the small interventions that worked. With Cleveland Clinic and ACS guidance on the documented signs.
