There is a very special reason why you鈥檙e hearing a rebroadcast of this show: This episode of Audacious just won a Gracie Award! are a part of the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation, and they recognize "exemplary programming created by women, for women and about women in all facets of media and entertainment." Thank you so much!
Imagine you鈥檝e got breasts. It shouldn鈥檛 be too hard to imagine, because most every human being has鈥� em! And that means that most of us are candidates for breast cancer.
This hour, we hear very intimate conversations with two women who go through the process of getting a double mastectomy - the removal of all the breast tissue. One decides to get reconstruction, and one does not.
I talked to them before the surgery, right after, and then almost a year later. I wanted to find out what it was like dealing with the prospect of a cancer diagnosis - or an actual one - and what it was like losing a part of their body.
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- is a Willimantic-based textile artist
- is the director of public programs at in Hartford, and a long-time freelance writer
Catie Talarski contributed to this show.
