Finding a bra for “after the chemo” – Our Communities

Soon after Lois Brothers was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2008 — an ordeal that led to a mastectomy — she started having trouble with her bras. | While some of them fit her prosthesis, many of the bras left her arm feeling heavy on the side affected by the surgery — a symptom of lymphedema, the retention of lymph fluid in the tissue. The condition can occur if lymph nodes are removed during breast surgery. | Brother recalled one specific garment with underwire that became more and more uncomfortable as the day wore on. | “I could hardly wait to take my bra off at the end of the day,” she rememberedFinally, after surfing the Internet in search of a solution, Brothers found a bra that worked for her.

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