By Jessica Zucker — 2021
For women like me who lose our nipples to breast cancer, learning to love our changed bodies can be a journey.
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Until I had doctors remove my breasts and rebuild them again, I was a feminist who never saw herself as particularly feminine. Since then, I’ve questioned my feminist cred and tossed out my jeans in favor of dresses.
I had spent years disliking my body and now I would give anything to have it back!
The scar represented the loss of my younger self’s sense of invulnerability, and — no surprise — triggered a fear of death.
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