Lauren WiatrekAug 10, 20184 minScars Show How Hard We Fought BackFormal Definition: A DIEP flap is a type of breast reconstruction in which blood vessels called deep inferior epigastric perforators...
Lauren WiatrekJul 26, 20183 minFarewell To My UnicornToday I am having another mastectomy and reconstruction surgery. It is the biggest, longest surgery I will have to go through in this...
Lauren WiatrekNov 24, 20173 minAcceptanceIn the immediate days after my mastectomy I didn’t truly accept what had happened to me. I treated the recovery as if I had the...
Lauren WiatrekNov 16, 20173 minFarewell Letter to my BreastsI know this seems odd…to write a letter to my chest. But for me, they have done so much, and not only for me but for my daughters. I had...