Breast Cancer Power Vs Prosthesis Summary

There are many health issues that affect women and some of them are not very well understood. While reading “Breast Cancer Power vs. Prosthesis” by Audre Lorde, I realized that women who had to suffer from breast cancer sometimes must have a mastectomy, this is when a surgeon removes the whole breast. The story that Lorde talks about where the nurse pressures her to have a breast implant or used a prosthesis because Lorde actions were going to harm the image of the office. I was surprised to hear a nurse say or even think something like this because you would think she works in an environment where she would often have breast cancer survivors in that office and as a woman, she would sympathize with Loder, but she doesn’t. If a woman in unable to
I read Breast Implants For Reconstruction "A closer look" by Stephanie Donne and I was surprised that "70 percent go on to have one or both breasts surgically reconstructed" (p. 664) I wonder if this women that decide to have this reconstructed surgery felt pressure to have this procedure. Suffering from cancer is painful and I wonder if having this surgery is safe enough for women that have had health issues, also is there some type of program that offers to counsel when women are confused about this procedure. Donne, explains that " 40 percent of reconstruction patients required additional surgeries "(p.664), these statistics are interesting I wonder if women know this, would this information change the mind of this women. Educating our society about how a women's health is more important than what society thinks of a women's body supposed to look Is necessary. why do society expect women that survive cancer to have a reconstruction surgery why can we just be okay with what they choose and not judge them? The reconstruction surgery is dangerous and I wonder why do women that have already struggle with their health have to put their health at risk once