Costco Connection: September/October, 2011 Edition

I love Costco … and I love receiving their quarterly magazine called Costco Connection which always has some tidbit of information that’s interesting and relevant.

In their latest edition, they have an article by Joseph Hanna entitled “Good Bit of Advice for Breast Health“.

It discusses risk factors,  probiotics and other information any woman should find valuable.

BE THERE! … Costco is also holding a Breast Cancer Awareness Clinic in ALL of their locations so there is no reason not to be in-the-know!

I don’t have too much to report or talk about these days … since I didn’t go through chemo either before or after surgery, I’m happy to report that I’m still alive thankfully.

My next mammogram is due in September … I don’t hold much faith in them since it didn’t find my 3 cm tumour last year … if it weren’t for the excrutiating pain I was in, I would likely be none the wiser sadly.

I do have interesting news I’ve been hesitating to write about … it’s sex and sexuality after breast cancer and a radical mastectomy.

My hormones seem to be going backwards … I have the same sex drive I did when I was 25! I hope that’s not indicative of passing time … meaning  I’ll reach puberty at 65  and start playing with dolls again at 80.

A friend suggested that I consider writing about sex because there may be many women who don’t feel like a “woman” after losing one or both breasts. I feel phenomenally well sexually but my self-image is still slightly skewed … that’s probably the hard part: matching how you feel with what you feel.

Any other women in a sexual conundrum? Please share your story … I can’t be the only one in overdrive