A Husband’s Journey Through a Double Mastectomy - Tips on Coping, Supporting Your Wife, and What the Doctors Don’t Tell You

Breast Cancer. Like so many, I’ve seen the pink ribbons, watched women in pink t-shirts hit the streets for fundraising 5Ks, and cheered on pink-clad football players during the NFL’s Breast Cancer Awareness drives every October. Breast cancer awareness is ingrained in our society. That said, mine remained a passing awareness. That was until October 2016 when my wife, Heather, was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy.

A Husband’s Journey Through a Double Mastectomy - Tips on Coping, Supporting Your Wife, and What the Doctors Don’t Tell You: