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HowmybodyandIreconciledaeramastectomy.
By Lisa Miller
TRANSITIONS
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how do you dress for your mastectomy? The sur-
gery itself is easy, actually. During the cutting, you’re
wearing nothing at all, unconscious and strapped to
a table in a martyr’s pose, arms out in a T, while an
OR crew that looks like the cast of a reality show
bustles around doing God knows what. But after.
What do you wear when your body no longer resem-
bles itself?
The mastectomy veterans who became my sister-
guides universally recommended the Brobe for the
immediate recovery. These advisers were invaluable
in so many ways, but at the Brobe I felt I had to draw
a line. If maternitywear is an indignity to style-Photograph by BRIGITTE LACOMBE