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After the BRCA diagnosis, I gave up my breasts to lower my chances of getting breast cancer. Now I’m embracing life with no boobs and blogging about it.

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BRCA And Me: Genetic Testing That Changed My Life

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11 Facts You Need To Know About BRCA And Genetic Breast Cancer

Goodbye, 2020!

This year has been...challenging, at best. 2020, you will not be missed, but will sure be hard to forget. In my goodbye post last year I wrote: thank you for all the lessons. This time
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Goodbye, 2019!

This has been a big year for me. Not everything was good and not everything was easy, but I appreciate all the lessons learned. And I have a lot to be thankful for going into
31. 12. 2019
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BRCA life

Better Than BRCA

What do you do when life gives you lemons? My lemons came in the form of the BRCA - breast cancer gene. There was no way to make lemonade, so I started this blog.
06. 10. 2019
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Goodbye, 2020!

This year has been...challenging, at best. 2020, you will not be missed, but will sure be hard to forget. In my goodbye post last year I wrote: thank you for all the lessons. This time
4 mins read

BRCA Journey: A Lot Can Happen In A Year

On this day last year, I had my first genetic counseling. At that time, I had no idea that a year later I’d be two months out of my preventative surgery.
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Goodbye, 2019!

This has been a big year for me. Not everything was good and not everything was easy, but I appreciate all the lessons learned. And I have a lot to be thankful for going into
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Dealing with breast cancer gene | Better Than BRCA

Better Than BRCA

What do you do when life gives you lemons? My lemons came in the form of the BRCA - breast cancer gene. There was no way to make lemonade, so I started this blog.
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🇸🇮 Če sem se v svojem življenju kaj naučila, je to to. Nikoli ne sprejemaj odločitev z mislimi na druge, ker boš ti morala živeti s posledicami. In na to sem se spomnila vsakič, ko so me želeli prepričati, da bi prsni vsadki bili dobra ideja. Zame ne! Če se pojavijo zapleti, bom z njimi morala živeti jaz, ne kirurg, ne prijatelji, ne dobronamerni znanci. Kirurg bo seveda zadevo popravil, če bo lahko, ampak operacijo in okrevanje bom morala dati skozi jaz, ne on. On opravi svoje delo in če gre kaj narobe, ga opravi ponovno. Noben zdravnik ni nezmotljiv in nič v medicini ni 100%. Nikoli ne morejo vedeti, kako se bo na nekaj odzvalo TVOJE telo. Povejo ti, da so možnosti za zaplete majhne. A to ne pomeni, da se ne dogajajo. Zato naslednjič, ko boš sprejemala pomembne odločitve, dobro premisli, ali jih res sprejemaš zase in ali si pripravljena živeti tudi z vsemi negativnimi posledicami. Ker ti žal nihče ne more zagotoviti, da jih ne bo. 🇺🇸 If I learned anything in life it's this. Never make decisions based on other people, when you're the one stuck with the consequences. I thought about this every time someone tried to convince me that breast implants would be a good idea. Not for me! If there are any complications, I'll be the one living with the consequences, not my surgeon, not my friends, not well-intentioned acquaintances. Surgeons will off course try to fix any complications, but I will have to go through the operation and recovery. They do their job and if anything goes wrong, they do it again. No doctor is all-knowing and nothing in medicine is 100%. They can never know how YOUR body is going to react to something. They tell you chances of complications are low. But that doesn't mean they won't happen. Next time you're making important decisions, think hard if you're making them for yourself and if you're prepared to deal with all the negative consequences. Because no one can guarantee there won't be any. #betterthanbrca #mastectomy #doublemastectomy #noreconstruction #brca #brca1 #flatclosure #flatandfabulous #flattie #lifedecisions #makeadecision #toughdecisions #choiceisyours #consequences #breastimplant #breastimplantremoval
🇸🇮 Plastični kirurgi radi poudarjajo, da se ženske brez dojk počutijo nepopolne in imajo zaradi tega velike psihosocialne težave. Ampak ... zakaj se tako počutijo? Ker je to v njih samih ali ker jim družba in strokovnjaki nenehno govorijo, da se bodo brez prsi počutile slabo in nepopolno?⁠ ⁠ Ko berem izpovedi žensk, ki so se odločile za rekontrukcijo (še posebej s vsadki), je kar nekaj takšnih, ki se tudi po posegu v svojem telesu niso dobro počutile. In so se odločile vsadke odstraniti. Ne bi bilo lažje, če bi jim bila ta možnost predstavljena že takoj?⁠ ⁠ Sem mnenja, da lahko vsaka oseba izbere, kako se bo počutila. In v svojem telesu se lahko počutiš popolno, tudi če na zunaj to ni.⁠ ⁠ Več lahko prebereš v junijski številki revije @cosmopolitansi⁠ ⁠ 📸: Aleksandra Saša Prelesnik⁠ ⁠ 🇬🇧 Plastic surgeons like to emphasize how reconstruction can make you feel better about how you look and renew your self-confidence. It's almost like you have to feel bad if you don't have breasts. Why is that? Who is to say how a woman should feel about her body?⁠ ⁠ Don't get me wrong - it's a great choice for some women, but not for all. I see a lot of women who are not happy with their reconstruction and some even decide to have their implants taken out. Wouldn't it be better to have been given this choice the first time around? Or not made to question it?⁠ ⁠ I believe anyone can decide how they are going to feel about their body. And you can feel perfect even (or especially) if your body isn't!⁠ ⁠ The photo is from a story I did for the June issue of Cosmopolitan Slovenia.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #betterthanbrca #mastectomy #doublemastectomy #noreconstruction #noboobs #scarstoyourbeautiful #behindthescars #brca #brca1 #flatclosurenow #flatclosure #flatandfabulous #flattiesunite #flattie #dressingflat
Some days you find motivation. Other days motivation finds you. Both are okay.⁠ ⁠ Which day are you having? 😉⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #betterthanbrca #motivationmonday #motivationmonday💪 #motivationeveryday #itsuptoyou #workmotivation✔️⁠ #beingbetter #youwillsucceed #dailymeditation #brca1 #brcasisterhood #brcalife⁠ ⁠
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🇸🇮 Če sem se v svojem življenju kaj naučila, je to to. Nikoli ne sprejemaj odločitev z mislimi na druge, ker boš ti morala živeti s posledicami. In na to sem se spomnila vsakič, ko so me želeli prepričati, da bi prsni vsadki bili dobra ideja. Zame ne! Če se pojavijo zapleti, bom z njimi morala živeti jaz, ne kirurg, ne prijatelji, ne dobronamerni znanci. Kirurg bo seveda zadevo popravil, če bo lahko, ampak operacijo in okrevanje bom morala dati skozi jaz, ne on. On opravi svoje delo in če gre kaj narobe, ga opravi ponovno. Noben zdravnik ni nezmotljiv in nič v medicini ni 100%. Nikoli ne morejo vedeti, kako se bo na nekaj odzvalo TVOJE telo. Povejo ti, da so možnosti za zaplete majhne. A to ne pomeni, da se ne dogajajo. Zato naslednjič, ko boš sprejemala pomembne odločitve, dobro premisli, ali jih res sprejemaš zase in ali si pripravljena živeti tudi z vsemi negativnimi posledicami. Ker ti žal nihče ne more zagotoviti, da jih ne bo. 🇺🇸 If I learned anything in life it's this. Never make decisions based on other people, when you're the one stuck with the consequences. I thought about this every time someone tried to convince me that breast implants would be a good idea. Not for me! If there are any complications, I'll be the one living with the consequences, not my surgeon, not my friends, not well-intentioned acquaintances. Surgeons will off course try to fix any complications, but I will have to go through the operation and recovery. They do their job and if anything goes wrong, they do it again. No doctor is all-knowing and nothing in medicine is 100%. They can never know how YOUR body is going to react to something. They tell you chances of complications are low. But that doesn't mean they won't happen. Next time you're making important decisions, think hard if you're making them for yourself and if you're prepared to deal with all the negative consequences. Because no one can guarantee there won't be any. #betterthanbrca #mastectomy #doublemastectomy #noreconstruction #brca #brca1 #flatclosure #flatandfabulous #flattie #lifedecisions #makeadecision #toughdecisions #choiceisyours #consequences #breastimplant #breastimplantremoval
🇸🇮 Plastični kirurgi radi poudarjajo, da se ženske brez dojk počutijo nepopolne in imajo zaradi tega velike psihosocialne težave. Ampak ... zakaj se tako počutijo? Ker je to v njih samih ali ker jim družba in strokovnjaki nenehno govorijo, da se bodo brez prsi počutile slabo in nepopolno?⁠ ⁠ Ko berem izpovedi žensk, ki so se odločile za rekontrukcijo (še posebej s vsadki), je kar nekaj takšnih, ki se tudi po posegu v svojem telesu niso dobro počutile. In so se odločile vsadke odstraniti. Ne bi bilo lažje, če bi jim bila ta možnost predstavljena že takoj?⁠ ⁠ Sem mnenja, da lahko vsaka oseba izbere, kako se bo počutila. In v svojem telesu se lahko počutiš popolno, tudi če na zunaj to ni.⁠ ⁠ Več lahko prebereš v junijski številki revije @cosmopolitansi⁠ ⁠ 📸: Aleksandra Saša Prelesnik⁠ ⁠ 🇬🇧 Plastic surgeons like to emphasize how reconstruction can make you feel better about how you look and renew your self-confidence. It's almost like you have to feel bad if you don't have breasts. Why is that? Who is to say how a woman should feel about her body?⁠ ⁠ Don't get me wrong - it's a great choice for some women, but not for all. I see a lot of women who are not happy with their reconstruction and some even decide to have their implants taken out. Wouldn't it be better to have been given this choice the first time around? Or not made to question it?⁠ ⁠ I believe anyone can decide how they are going to feel about their body. And you can feel perfect even (or especially) if your body isn't!⁠ ⁠ The photo is from a story I did for the June issue of Cosmopolitan Slovenia.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #betterthanbrca #mastectomy #doublemastectomy #noreconstruction #noboobs #scarstoyourbeautiful #behindthescars #brca #brca1 #flatclosurenow #flatclosure #flatandfabulous #flattiesunite #flattie #dressingflat
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🇸🇮 Če sem se v svojem življenju kaj naučila, je to to. Nikoli ne sprejemaj odločitev z mislimi na druge, ker boš ti morala živeti s posledicami. In na to sem se spomnila vsakič, ko so me želeli prepričati, da bi prsni vsadki bili dobra ideja. Zame ne! Če se pojavijo zapleti, bom z njimi morala živeti jaz, ne kirurg, ne prijatelji, ne dobronamerni znanci. Kirurg bo seveda zadevo popravil, če bo lahko, ampak operacijo in okrevanje bom morala dati skozi jaz, ne on. On opravi svoje delo in če gre kaj narobe, ga opravi ponovno. Noben zdravnik ni nezmotljiv in nič v medicini ni 100%. Nikoli ne morejo vedeti, kako se bo na nekaj odzvalo TVOJE telo. Povejo ti, da so možnosti za zaplete majhne. A to ne pomeni, da se ne dogajajo. Zato naslednjič, ko boš sprejemala pomembne odločitve, dobro premisli, ali jih res sprejemaš zase in ali si pripravljena živeti tudi z vsemi negativnimi posledicami. Ker ti žal nihče ne more zagotoviti, da jih ne bo. 🇺🇸 If I learned anything in life it's this. Never make decisions based on other people, when you're the one stuck with the consequences. I thought about this every time someone tried to convince me that breast implants would be a good idea. Not for me! If there are any complications, I'll be the one living with the consequences, not my surgeon, not my friends, not well-intentioned acquaintances. Surgeons will off course try to fix any complications, but I will have to go through the operation and recovery. They do their job and if anything goes wrong, they do it again. No doctor is all-knowing and nothing in medicine is 100%. They can never know how YOUR body is going to react to something. They tell you chances of complications are low. But that doesn't mean they won't happen. Next time you're making important decisions, think hard if you're making them for yourself and if you're prepared to deal with all the negative consequences. Because no one can guarantee there won't be any. #betterthanbrca #mastectomy #doublemastectomy #noreconstruction #brca #brca1 #flatclosure #flatandfabulous #flattie #lifedecisions #makeadecision #toughdecisions #choiceisyours #consequences #breastimplant #breastimplantremoval
🇸🇮 Plastični kirurgi radi poudarjajo, da se ženske brez dojk počutijo nepopolne in imajo zaradi tega velike psihosocialne težave. Ampak ... zakaj se tako počutijo? Ker je to v njih samih ali ker jim družba in strokovnjaki nenehno govorijo, da se bodo brez prsi počutile slabo in nepopolno?⁠ ⁠ Ko berem izpovedi žensk, ki so se odločile za rekontrukcijo (še posebej s vsadki), je kar nekaj takšnih, ki se tudi po posegu v svojem telesu niso dobro počutile. In so se odločile vsadke odstraniti. Ne bi bilo lažje, če bi jim bila ta možnost predstavljena že takoj?⁠ ⁠ Sem mnenja, da lahko vsaka oseba izbere, kako se bo počutila. In v svojem telesu se lahko počutiš popolno, tudi če na zunaj to ni.⁠ ⁠ Več lahko prebereš v junijski številki revije @cosmopolitansi⁠ ⁠ 📸: Aleksandra Saša Prelesnik⁠ ⁠ 🇬🇧 Plastic surgeons like to emphasize how reconstruction can make you feel better about how you look and renew your self-confidence. It's almost like you have to feel bad if you don't have breasts. Why is that? Who is to say how a woman should feel about her body?⁠ ⁠ Don't get me wrong - it's a great choice for some women, but not for all. I see a lot of women who are not happy with their reconstruction and some even decide to have their implants taken out. Wouldn't it be better to have been given this choice the first time around? Or not made to question it?⁠ ⁠ I believe anyone can decide how they are going to feel about their body. And you can feel perfect even (or especially) if your body isn't!⁠ ⁠ The photo is from a story I did for the June issue of Cosmopolitan Slovenia.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #betterthanbrca #mastectomy #doublemastectomy #noreconstruction #noboobs #scarstoyourbeautiful #behindthescars #brca #brca1 #flatclosurenow #flatclosure #flatandfabulous #flattiesunite #flattie #dressingflat
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