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Sindee – She has to wait years for revision
Editor: Going flat after mastectomy is a decision that skews towards the older patient population. After age 60, close to four out of five women forgo reconstruction. Oftentimes, as with Sindee’s case, it’s because the risks of additional surgeries outweigh […]
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Stephanie – “The last thing I said to him on my way to surgery was, ‘I trust you’”
Editor: Like so many women victimized by flat denial, Stephanie’s experience was an outright betrayal of the sacred confidence she had placed in her surgeon. And it took her some time to accept the reality of the violation she had […]
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NPoaS on the Today Show!
Women’s health journalist and author of “FLAT: Reclaiming my body from breast cancer” Catherine Guthrie and Not Putting on a Shirt founder Kim Bowles were just featured on the Today Show this morning, talking to co-host Stephanie Gosk about paternalism and malpractice […]
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Register now for the NPoaS Walk on Oct 23rd!
You can now register here for Not Putting on a Shirt’s Walk on Oct 23rd (Tuesday). Registration is easy and FREE! This allows us to have an idea of how many people are planning to attend the event. Unregistered walkers […]
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Wanda – “This should be the norm!”
Editor: Wanda got a great flat result and was “one and done” (the initial flat closure was satisfactory). Many women who choose to go flat, plan to get a tattoo across the mastectomy site (the canvas, so to speak) after […]
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International Media Coverage Begins
International media coverage is starting to trickle in… in the same way that we at Not Putting on a Shirt hope that the still small voice of their conscience is now starting to trickle into the minds and hearts of the […]
Read More >>Brut Media Publishes Not Putting on a Shirt Video
New media coverage alert! Digital platform Brut America, which publishes short news/issue videos on social media to engage viewers, has picked up on NPoaS’ patient rights activism and just published a great Facebook video about it. The only thing I’d mention […]
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Harvard Medical School Social Work Program Manager Emeritus Speaks Out on Patient Consent (Article)
Oncology social workers are the change makers in the breast cancer patient’s world, which has suddenly contracted after diagnosis and transformed her life into something unrecognizable, confusing, and frightening. These multi-talented professionals help patients to navigate the new world and […]
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We are Making an Impact! NPoaS Featured in Professional Educational Presentation for Oncoplastic Surgery
Women’s health journalist Catherine Guthrie‘s Cosmopolitan article last month dragged the despicable practice of flat denial out of the shadows and into the light of day. Guthrie recently posted on her blog that she was contacted by one of the surgeons she had […]
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Lisa – “Nothing could have prepared me for what I looked like after surgery”
Editor: Lisa had OVER A DECADE to decide what surgical option she would choose if her original breast cancer returned. Still, her surgeon unilaterally decided to leave her with a skin-sparing mastectomy to facilitate future reconstruction. Lisa says in her […]
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PSA: Now available – list of “flat-friendly” surgeons
Great news for women who are facing mastectomy and wish to go flat! We at Not Putting on a Shirt have been entrusted with a carefully compiled list of “flat-friendly” surgeons across the US and beyond, who were recommended by […]
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ATTN: Greater Cleveland Area Women!
I am sending out a call to all greater Cleveland area women who have chosen not to reconstruct after mastectomy and were dissatisfied with their surgical result. The esteemed Sara Goldenberg of local news station WOIO Channel 19, is looking […]
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