Tag: Ladies First
Q&A: Women's health
July 22, 2010Mike Moran
The last 20 years have been quite a ride for Linda Jackson and other breast-cancer survivors. When Jackson had her first mastectomy 25 years ago, the environment for women was "degrading." There were very few bras, prosthetic breast forms or other post-surgery products. Adding insult to injury, following a mastectomy, doctors showed little empathy for a patient's feelings of lost femininity. Most expected women to be happy just to be alive. When Jackson had her second mastectomy, she took matters...