There’s also the issue that the rebuilt breast will likely have no feeling at all. Mastectomy scoops out all tissue, including nerves. Even if you are fortunate enough to have a nipple saving mastectomy with reconstruction at the same time, that breast will feel dead to you. My surgeon told me that I might develop…

Am I the only one bothered by the fact that they make Rapunzel wear the long blond hair at Disney? I mean, it gets cut off and it TURNS BROWN at the end of the movie, but the cast member still has to wear a stupid miles-long blond wig. Do they think that little kids won’t recognize her without the long hair? Because…

I may or may not have a relative who purchased at least one Nintendo, emptied out the guts, filled the console box back with bar soap and hotdogs (because that’s what he had laying around that made the weight about right), returned the box with the outer case and ballast, and built himself a nice little homemade case…

Since leaving the House, he has been working as a private lobbyist. I assume his level of access and expertise is extremely well paid.

I worked at 5 different bars/restaurants, all of which had various obnoxious sidework. The worst by far though was a place that paid the servers and bartenders NOTHING. Yep. NOTHING. Not one dime. We were expected to work for tips alone, completely off the books. I was young and stupid and not yet 21. They had…

You mean the father that died when Emmett was a toddler, and whose history he was completely unaware of when he died AT 14 YEARS OLD? Somehow you believe that his father's sins were somehow passed through his DNA to his son (because his dad probably didn't offer rapist lessons to his small child), who then proceeded…

I've been taking tamoxifen since July. Prior to that, I had 4 rounds of chemo and 6.5 weeks of radiation. I'm still having Herceptin pumped into me every three weeks. Tamoxifen and I are going to be chilling out together for probably the next 9.5 years, and you know what? If this helps keep the cancer at bay, BRING…

I thought it was just me who was disappointed in Banana's quality. I have t-shirts from Target that have lasted significantly longer.

The dark henna as shown in the pictures here is what the henna looks like immediately after it's applied. That dark stuff dries and falls off within an hour or so of application, leaving a paler, orangish brown stain. It doesn't look like a tattoo much at all after that. That said, I teach middle school, and I did…

I lost my hair due to cancer treatment, and had a henna artist decorate my head. It was amazing, and so very empowering. For a week or so (mine didn't last anywhere near two weeks), I wasn't ashamed to go out without a hat; I loved feeling like my bald head wasn't just a marker of illness, but also a beautiful…

Holy shitsnacks. My former boss and her wife lived this exact hell 15 or so years ago. If the events of this article were in Chicago, and not KC, I might think it was the same pervert because all of the details are the same: smoke detectors in weird places (including a new one installed over their bed), creepy…

I'm that girl. A couple of years ago, I had some sexay photos taken for my husband for Valentine's Day. They photoshopped them, and I LOVE them. I looked great in the proofs (just with hair, makeup, and "tilt your head this way"), but with a little 'shopping? Wowza. Yes, please, and can you follow me around and…

The BRCA screening is not routine, and it is expensive. (My insurance paid for it because I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 39, but I want to say that it costs something in the neighborhood of $3,000 just for the test.) People who have no significant history are not typically covered for testing. You may still…

I am fighting breast cancer right now. I was lucky to "only" need a lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy, along with 4 months of chemo and almost two of radiation. I'm sitting here with my bald chemo head and a fresh new collection of surgical scars - none of which are as dramatic as the ones in the picture. But…