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...Losing a breast, part of her femininity, is a pretty devastating thing to a woman," says Ruth Roseland, a Quincy, Mass., psychologist who counsels mastectomy patients. "Women feel that they have done something wrong, that mastectomy is a form of punishment." Some become bitter and angry. Others become withdrawn and depressed, particularly as they begin to undergo the frequently debilitating X-ray or drug treatments usually necessary to control any residual cancers...
Social Test. Married women generally resume normal sexual activities as soon as they recover from their operations. But single women tend to find the adjustment more difficult. One of Fashion Consultant Jean Tyler's male friends was obviously uneasy over the fact that she had lost a breast. "He was terribly nice and understanding, but I noticed that he kept me at arm's length all evening," she recalls. There are some single women who even feel that a mastectomy has some social value; it provides a good test of any relationship...
Reordered Priorities. The woman who undergoes surgery for breast cancer has little trouble finding someone willing to help her overcome its aftermath. Reach to Recovery, an organization composed of mastectomees (TIME, Oct. 14), sends volunteers around to hospitals to visit postoperative patients. They suggest exercises that will help women regain their strength and offer advice on where to obtain breast prostheses and clothing tailored to their particular needs. Memorial Hospital runs its own encounter-style rehabilitation program to assist the physical and psychological recovery of patients...
...down and place the right hand behind the head. Then, with the fingers of the left hand flattened, gently feel the right breast. Repeat the procedure on the left breast, noting any differences between...
...check the breast thoroughly, start at the nipple, moving outward in concentric circles until the entire breast has been examined...