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‘I feel self-conscious about my post-masectomy body, but no one raised an eyebrow’

JL;DR SUMMARY A cancer survivor grapples with self-consciousness about her post-mastectomy body during a family trip to the Black Forest and Baden-Baden. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Cancer SurvivorPersonal GrowthAdventureSelf AcceptanceBody ImageSelf ConsciousnessMastectomyFamily TravelBaden BadenThermals Baths

Places mentioned

Baden Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"We were in Baden Baden, the storied spa town of Dostoyevsky and Turgenev."
Merkur Mountain, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"atop Merkur Mountain, looking out into the thick, blank fog that obscured the sweeping views of the Black Forest."
Vosges Mountains, Grand-Est, France
"The highlight activity I chose this time was an electric scooter tour of the Vosges Mountains near Strasbourg."

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