#breast cancer mention

[magnetothemagnificent]

"Why would you want to cut off perfectly healthy breast tissue???!!!"

First of all, I don't have perfectly healthy breasts. I haven't had healthy breasts since they started growing. I have macromastia and chronic fibrocystic breast tissue, which means that when I was 14-15 my *doctor* was the one to even bring up the idea of having some kind of breast surgery. She had breast reduction in mind, but the top surgery I want really isn't that much different than the reduction surgery I would have if I didn't have chest dysphoria. I would still likely need nipple grafts, the recovery time would be pretty much the same, the scarring would be pretty much the same. I was always going to remove my breast tissue, it was always on the table for me, the only change is how much breast tissue I'll be having removed.

Also here's the thing: you don't know for sure if breast tissue even is "perfectly healthy" until you do a biopsy. That's why it's standard procedure to perform a biopsy as part of double mastectomy top surgery, just in case there was something like cancer in the breasts requiring more follow-up.

And cis women get double mastectomies, even if they don't have something like cancer. Cis women who've discovered they have a high risk of developing breast cancer might elect to get a mastectomy before any cancer could develop- they were cutting off "perfectly healthy" tissue then. They were getting their breasts removed to improve their medical futures and to put their minds at ease. Are trans men getting top surgeries not doing exactly the same thing?

[viciouslyrobotic]

Idk where ppl are getting off thinking "zippertits" is feminist praxis cause it's pretty well established that if someone wants to get surgery *for themselves* outside of pressure to conform to patriarchal (unattainable) beauty standards its their body, their choice, and shouldn't be shamed (nor should they be shamed in general regardless).

"Zippertits" How in your head do you have to be to forget breast cancer awareness or were you even in discussions about supporting people who remove their tits or have them removed and get implants later? Were you there for the discussions about how women are shamed for doing ANY alteration to their bodies no matter the reason and that we should support their choice to do so while not conflating personal choice with coercive abuse?

Yeah this particular insult's directed at ppl assumed female at birth (more specifically nonbinary ppl, trans mascs and trans men) and it's so fucking tone deaf? Its giving patriarchy. Its giving "you ruined your natural ~feminine~ body and need shamed for your transgression (which is a decision you made to live and/or to live comfortably)".

[saltyfoxes-art]

October is a very full month of activities, but because intersex awareness and asexual awareness fell on the same week this year I knew I wanted to include them in a piece of hallowe'en art. And as I gave the character top surgery scars I remembered that breast cancer awareness month is October too. So here's my contribution, a little skeletal witch reminding everyone that your sex, gender or orientation does not effect whether you'll get cancer. It's okay though because you can always check for lumps and go to a doctor if you suspect anything is weird.

[aquitainequeen]

Ridley Scott: I made a film about two rival officers constantly duelling throughout and in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, and now I've actually done a film about Napoleon!

Me: Great! Could you also do a film about Baron Dominique Jean Larrey, a vital innovator in European battlefield surgery and triage, often considered the first military surgeon; who pioneered the ambulance volantes ("Flying ambulances") to quickly transport wounded men from the battlefield, effectively creating a forerunner of the modern MASH units; co-led the team that performed one of the first accurately recorded pre-anaesthetic mastectomies in Western medicine; was spotted helping wounded men while under heavy fire during the Battle of Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington who purposefully ordered for his soldiers not to fire in Larrey's direction; and when captured by the Prussians after the battle was about to be executed on the spot when he was recognised by one of the German surgeons, who pled for his life because he had saved the life of Field Marshall Blücher's son some years earlier?

Ridley Scott:

Ridley Scott: Um.

Me: Yeah. Didn't think so.

[corvidaedream]

me to my coworkers: when you request time off, you should not give the assistant dept head any additional info on why you're requesting it, it's none of her business and may be used against you

me requesting time off after my requests keep getting denied/overlooked the past few months: telling kelly explicitly that this one is an oncology appointment bc i want her to feel bad :)

[whumperofworlds]

Whumpee has a health scare moment, thinking that they got something that has a high chance of killing them.

But it turns out the symptom(s) was for another, much more mild sickness, and it was a sickness that Whumpee will most definitely survive.

[wiliecoyotegenius]

It may have been pointed out before, but St. Agatha is patron saint of sexual assault victims, torture victims, and nurses. It may be part of the hagiography going on with the hospital and Sister Agatha.

[undeniably-chevron]

love that my birth month is ADHD awareness month like "happy birthday!!! you have ADHD!!! Hispanic Heritage Month (for most of October) remember your heritage!!!! Red Ribbon Week don't do drugs!!!! Breast Cancer Awareness month remember that we should be less concerned about women's tits and more concerned about their health!!!" and it's all pretty great i appreciate all of it so yeah whatever you're celebrating go ahead and celebrate it i'm celebrating most of it

birthday's October 29th if anyone's interested :D

[tatersgonnatate]

To the mutuals who KNOW what's been going on... thank you for being a friend these past few weeks when i REALLY needed it 🧡

To those who don't - *cracks knuckles* since the end of September, my dad lost his job, my mom has breast cancer, my brother got married (okay nbd but it was done within a month my guy) while my sister literally ELOPED DAYS prior to his stated wedding and overshadowed it, I had a seizure cluster overnight the night directly before my brother got married (not shocking if you know me but still not great 🙄), I puked on the plane.... the list goes on.

To the people who I've been able to vent at and talk with - seriously. Thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my weird little heart you have NO fucking idea how much that means to me.

[frodo-baggins]

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[wearily-confused]

So apparently sloths are good swimmers, poop once a week- a third of their weight, can starve on a full stomach, have good defecation habits and can apparently cure cancer..?

[ombiblombi]

Okay, serious talk for a minute.

You know how sometimes you rent a house and they have the "check your boobs for breast cancer, make sure they don't have any weird lumps" hung up in the shower? Well. What ACTUALLY constitutes as the difference between regular tissue and cancer? What draws the line between the two?

When I first developed them, I've done this song and dance where I've occasionally proded when they've hurt, and theres always a tough spot that always seemed to line up with the other side. Although it doesn't seem abnormal and I assume thats regular tissue, it'd still be nice to know what exactly that is and where the difference lies if it comes down to it one day. At the very least get to know more about the vessle I've been given 'till my demise.

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

realised the reason my heart issues freak me out is partly because unlike any of my pain it’s harder to just deal with it or find ways around it and also it could be a lot more dangerous than most of my other day to day medical stuff and also it was one of my cancer symptoms

[methinmycoffee]

Season 12 Rankings!

From best to worst:

Tonsil Trouble (Ep. 1)

Breast Cancer Show Ever (Ep. 9)

Major Boobage (Ep. 3)

Pandemic 2: The Startling (Ep. 11)

Pandemic (Ep. 10)

Super Fun Time (Ep. 7)

Elementary School Musical (Ep. 13)

Britney’s New Look (Ep. 2)

The Ungroundable (Ep. 14)

Over Logging (Ep. 6)

About Last Night (Ep. 12)

Eek, A penis (Ep. 5)

Canada on Strike (Ep. 4)

The China Probrem (Ep. 8)

[universalsatan]

im reading up on breast cancer metastasis for a paper i need to write and my stupid hilson brain cant stop going “this is so wilson-coded” 🙄 shut UPPPPP

[slut-kiss-g1rl]

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