Mastectomy: The Two Types Of Self Esteem

Those individuals who had to have mastectomies had more issues than those who had a lumpectomy. Latino’s were more open about their sexuality their intimacy with their husband compared to whites which could be due to age differences. Those who had Mastectomies look at it as an amputation and that their bodies were left disfigured because to them their bodies do not look the same anymore. Latinos place a high emphasis on the sexuality of women, so when that was taken away from them they felt like it was a burden, while others felt empowered by the mastectomy. Mastectomies are seen as a deviation from the idea of femininity since our cultural definition of women is having larger breasts. Some men did not care and were supportive of their wife after having a mastectomy, while other husbands left their wife because they could not deal with the change to their bodies. Dealing with cancer is hard enough, now an additional negative effect to personal and sexual identity adds even more stress to an already dire circumstance (Martinez

Breast cancer is also another very prevalent disease that affects many women worldwide. However, with modern technology, it is easy to identify those women who are at high-risk for developing breast cancer through looking at mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. This can be very controversial, due to the fact that once women find that they’re positive for the gene mutations, they may choose to undergo a prophylactic mastectomy. In doing so, a woman can decrease her risk of developing breast cancer by 90%-95% (McQuirter, Castiglia, Loiselle, & Wong, 2010, p. 313). However, issues such as surgical complications and body image concerns prevent many women from choosing such an option. This study focused on exploring the process of making a decision

Getting breast implants helps those women that are struggling with self confidence. It helps them feel of worth and see themselves in a positive light. Having a positive body image plays such a large role in one’s life. Having a negative body image with no self-confidence can cause many other issues such as depression, anxiety, and other similar disorders. If you are self-conscious about your chest, then getting implants might help. A study done by Lippincott measured the efficacy of breast augmentations. This study showed that the women who underwent this procedure came out with a very new found positive body image along with decreased self-consciousness, heightened self-confidence, and just an overall better feeling about themselves (Lippincott 502). Getting breast augmentation may help increase self-image in women who struggle with low self-esteem, as found from this study.

The barriers include lack of information about the mammogram procedure, fear of exposing to radiation, fear of finding something abnormal after having mammogram, the screening will take long time, transportation, finding child care while performing mammogram, high cost and forgetting to schedule an appointment. The benefits include finding breast lumps, early mammogram can detect very small lumps, early treatment for BC will be better and having mammogram decrease chances of dying from BC. The results of this study showed that women who don’t considerate having mammogram has low perceived susceptibility. They suggested that difference in perceived susceptibility only present in women who don’t considerate having mammogram and all other women. They found that women who adopt mammogram screening or thinking about it have higher rate of perceived benefits. This result is consistent with Rakowski et al., 1992 and Rakowski et al., 1993 who found that perceived benefits rate become higher in women while they moved toward action stage. These results are contradicting with Russell M.K. et al. who found that perceived benefits weren’t different across stage (Russell M.K. et al., 2006). They found that perceived barriers to BCS can indicate the stage

Practicing breast self-awareness is important. A change in your breasts can be a sign of a serious medical problem. Being familiar with how your breasts look and feel allows you to find any problems early, when treatment is more likely to be successful. All women should practice breast self-awareness, including women who have had breast implants.

Our Round Rock obgyns explain how breast self-awareness can help detect breast cancer in its earliest, most treatable stages.

This increases the surgical risks, and worsens self-esteem and social behavior, which may leave permanent psychological scars (Garcia and deMaria, 2006).

The participants in this research project were Jaqueline Jeruss and her husband Lonnie Shea. A person who gave an opinion and put their input on the project was Charusheela Andaz, a breast surgeon at Maimonides Medical Center in New York City. The research team were from the University of Michigan in Ann

According to Encyclopedia of Human Development “Upon receiving the diagnosis, many experience disbelief, shock, fear, or anger. Some may even blame themselves for their cancer, thinking that they somehow put themselves at risk by living an unhealthy lifestyle… a woman may feel that because she has lost a breast, she is less feminine or less sexually desirable to a partner or spouse” (196). In other words, woman loses control, they don’t know how to act in a case like this. And in many cases they go on depression, affecting themselves and any person that carries about them. The second goal of this projects is to let the women’s know that they are beautiful and worth it. That projects like this support them and will be always with

Methods and Material: Seventy-three patients with early breast cancer underwent modified radical mastectomy. The patients were randomized between removal (n= 37) versus preservation

Isn’t it ironic how everyone suggests that your life should go back to “normal” after breast cancer, yet you are thrown into a sea of beige and plain mastectomy bras?

In summary, Ms. P had been feeling a mass in her breast for 3 years, undergone obsessively redundant testing, and ignored recommendations from five breast specialists. We repeated her imaging that day and got her scheduled for the surgery she needed. When she left that afternoon, I was optimistic, but that feeling was short-lived.

While the completion of treatment is excitedly anticipated, many cancer survivors would still be disturbed by the emotional and physical tribulation of their breast cancer trajectory (Surbone & Peccatori, 2006). This is because, the impact of cancer remains long even after treatment ended. Besides the common issues that accompany any cancer diagnosis, breast cancer survivors also have to deal with exclusive concerns such as decreased sexual function, relationship issues, fears about genetic inheritability of cancer and complications from this disease such as lymphedema (Hodgkinson, Butow, Fuchs, et al., 2007). Therefore, the completion of treatment does not equate to lesser need for health care. Long term health issues related to breast cancer survivors have thus emerged as a public health concern.

Self-esteem can be built up or torn down in one situation. It is a feeling of satisfaction that someone has to themselves and his or her own abilities. Self-esteem reflects a person’s overall emotional evaluation of his or her own worth, strengths, and weaknesses. It is very important to know the difference between low and high self-esteem. Low self-esteem comes from poor self-image; good reliable, hardworking, honest or friendly. If you have high self-esteem then you are confident, happy, highly motivated and have the right attitude to succeed (Perera, 2002-2016).

One reason why someone might have low self esteem is that this said person is suffering or has suffered with depression. At least 350 million people in the world today are battling depression. Alongside depression, suicide comes into play. When someone has low self esteem, there is a very likely probability that the same person is suicidal. Suicide is the second cause for death for teenagers up to early adult years. If someone has low self esteem that means that they think negatively on themselves, for example if someone thinks “I am worthless” that person will most likely begin to believe that he or she is worthless, when they actually are not. This is a