When Joanna Moorhead found out she had breast cancer,a mastectomy seemed the best option. So why did she pull out of the operation at the last minute?The taxi arrived at dawn but it could enjoy come earlier. I’d been awake all night: terrified approximately the day that lay ahead and what it would mean for the rest of my life.
At the hospital I changed into a high-tech gown that would hold me warm during the long hours I’d be unconscious, and my surgeon arrived to enact a rapid/fast pre-operative check. It wasn’t until she was at the door, or approximately to leave the room,that my fear finally found its voice. “Please,” I said. “I need your help. Will you narrate me one more time: why enact I need this mastectomy?”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk