How do I say goodbye to my boobs with grace?
Anticipatory grief, a prophylactic double mastectomy, and missing my mom
4 min readDec 23, 2019
This is my mother’s journal entry following her mastectomy. She was 35 with stage 4 breast cancer.
February 28th, 1997 has come and gone. It was a lovely, sunny, blue day. Diane, Dee Dee, Jan, and Dave were with me to check in and wish me…
