Woman with Mastectomy Wins Right to Swim Topless

Wow, this was awesome and amazing to read about. At the risk of posting yet another piece on breasts (should I just rename the blog?) This is an amazing story about a woman, Jodi Jaecks, who had a double mastectomy after cancer and couldn't wear a full length/top of a swimsuit because of pain, but swimming was part of her recovery.

She was banned  from swimming in Seattle, US, because of so-called indecency - but in the end won the right to swim bare-topped.

Really confronting picture and makes you rethink what the notion of gender and decency is and how it's defined in our culture..

My Breast Fell Off, Can You Reattach It?

This is a fascinating article to read. It's in The Atlanta Magazine and is mostly an excerpt of Dr Otis Brawley's new book "How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America" (by Otis Webb Brawley M.D., with Paul Goldberg).

But I'm glad it is a lengthy excerpt. Dr Brawley a leading oncology expert and offers a revealing insight into the American medical system and an indictment of it as well. It explains so much of what we've wondered about US healthcare. It also offers an insight into the real meaning of race too. Worth a read.