tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131448400873681740.post6072438940954078511..comments2022-11-09T03:11:49.412-08:00Comments on Cindy's Blog Talk: Getting Your Mojo BackCindy Papalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16042602855515901291noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131448400873681740.post-76259759434228571712010-04-22T06:48:11.609-07:002010-04-22T06:48:11.609-07:00Cindy, I love how you share so openly and that you...Cindy, I love how you share so openly and that you are able to laugh about that experience. Reading your post and the comments that followed is such an eye opener. Since my cousin, who is only 39 years old, recently had a double mastectomy, I am so much more aware and sensitive to this subject. I have been sharing your posts on facebook where I know she will see them. She is very fortunate to be surrounded by a loving supportive family and to have so much information available to help her get trough these dark days. Keep sharing1Louannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03483233946990337072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131448400873681740.post-4387198609457997972010-03-17T14:14:03.321-07:002010-03-17T14:14:03.321-07:00I've yet to find mine. I lost one breast to br...I've yet to find mine. I lost one breast to breast cancer 18 months ago and even with breast reconstruction which I completed last summer (2009), I do not think of it as a breast. It is a "shape". It has no feeling (most survivors do not talk about this truth) but for many of us and for most of the women I have met who have gone through this, there is no return of sensation to the skin and with a nipple forever gone, (yes they remove the nipple in most mastectomies)there is no sexual sensation. Even reconstructed nipples have no sexual feeling. They might turn a man on but they will not turn you on. For me, that is not a win win. It is offensive to me to think my man would be turned on by something so devastating to me. That is why I thank my lucky stars I kept the other breast. I know not all women will feel the way I do, but this is just my story. Maybe it is still just too fresh in my memory, but I'm still waiting for that mojo. Plus, chemo therapy put me into menopause at age 45 and stripped my body of estrogen, a key component to libido. This is one of the sad truths experienced by breast cancer patients and another reason we need to find a cure, which I believe will only be found by finding the cause. Unless people begin telling the honest truth about how this affects them, the general public will continue believing that a breast cancer patients gets new breasts out of this and that simply is not true. Not for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131448400873681740.post-18501319445942293712010-03-04T11:29:57.540-08:002010-03-04T11:29:57.540-08:00Cindy, this is a great story! I'm so happy you...Cindy, this is a great story! I'm so happy you got your breast reconstruction! I took care of women in the hospital who had this done and what a beautiful thing to give new hope and self-esteem back to them. Ladies need to know that cancer is not a death sentence and that life and beauty can be restored after mastectomy! But most of all girls, ladies and gentleman that early detection is the most important factor in survival. NO Fear and don't ignore your body out of ignorance or not wanting to know. Love thyself. ♥The Artful Hawaiigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17316934640884708900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131448400873681740.post-14951841812135947102010-02-26T14:03:24.990-08:002010-02-26T14:03:24.990-08:00Hi Cindy! What a great story - thanks for sharing ...Hi Cindy! What a great story - thanks for sharing so openly and honestly with us. I'll share my 'mojo' story on the 'author to author' blog later today... where does a one-legged lady even begin to look to find her missing 'mojo' anyway???Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04901768746951739616noreply@blogger.com