Great story! TeeJay is well known and dearly loved in the breast cancer survivor community. Deep gratitude to Debbie and Kyra for being so open about sharing their deeply personal experiences. I would add that choosing to get a tattoo is a personal decision and one that was right for these two women. There are many reasons women decide to forgo this step, with the full support of boyfriends/partners. Also the statistic cited about recurrence in the other breast ("There's a 30 percent chance in the first five years if you have cancer in one breast statistically it will go into the other breast," she says. Mills opted for a double mastectomy.") may have been accurate for Kyra but this is definitely not the case for the majority of women.
Thank you for spotlighting two amazing women and their truly gifted and talented tattooist. Breast Cancer may wreak havoc on lives, but a willingness to share stories like these reduces the isolation and despair so many women/men feel.
Re: “Completing the canvas”
Great story! TeeJay is well known and dearly loved in the breast cancer survivor community. Deep gratitude to Debbie and Kyra for being so open about sharing their deeply personal experiences. I would add that choosing to get a tattoo is a personal decision and one that was right for these two women. There are many reasons women decide to forgo this step, with the full support of boyfriends/partners. Also the statistic cited about recurrence in the other breast ("There's a 30 percent chance in the first five years if you have cancer in one breast statistically it will go into the other breast," she says. Mills opted for a double mastectomy.") may have been accurate for Kyra but this is definitely not the case for the majority of women.
Thank you for spotlighting two amazing women and their truly gifted and talented tattooist. Breast Cancer may wreak havoc on lives, but a willingness to share stories like these reduces the isolation and despair so many women/men feel.