“I am 81 years of age and happy to share my cancer story:  

 A mammogram was how the first cancerous lump in my breast was discovered.  I had a Lumpectomy followed by radiation treatment.  

After 2 years my Oncologist said the newest protocol was to change to another medication but, worried about side effects, I decided to not take anything.  

Seventeen years later I found a lump in the same breast.  It too was cancerous and I had a Mastectomy at the hospital as an out-patient, my surgeon explaining, because I had previously had a lumpectomy there were no lymph nodes to deal with, therefore a much simpler operation.  This it was, and I was good to return home that same day.  I followed his instructions and felt perfectly fine once the healing was complete. 

At my age I was not interested in an implant so one side is completely flat but my same bras fit fine, with a ‘knitted knocker’ filling the vacant area to perfection! 

I must share a funny story – one day at the hairdressers an acquaintance arrived with her healthy, chipper, elderly mum and while chatting I told them about my recent mastectomy and pulled out my ‘knitted knocker’.  Well, lo and behold, her 95 year old mum did the same, producing her version!  Everyone in the salon burst out laughing with us – this could only happen in a friendly hair salon!  Her mum then told us she had her operation many years ago.  

Likewise, my lady GP told me that as a child she always remembered her mum sending her husband out of the room while she rearranging her implant before going out, as way back then implants were not as perfected and would tend to slip out of place, but it never stopped her from an active lifetime of family life and holiday travel into her late 80’s.  

Thank you, Oakley Stitchers of Knitted Knockers, for your wonderful service which is so very, very helpful to us ladies.   

Jade