The M Store Cape Town - Mastectomy Products

The M Store Cape Town - Mastectomy Products The M Store provides an extensive range of mastectomy specific bra's, swimsuits, lymphedema garments, and breast prostheses to women who have had a mastectomy.

29/03/2021

News anchor Robin Roberts beat breast cancer in 2007. She was diagnosed after detecting a lump during a self examination.

24/03/2021

Vulnerability - Halfway done by Adera Kachienga

I am halfway done with my chemotherapy treatment but I feel like I have just started.

Nothing can truly prepare you for the exhaustion fatigue, both mentally and physically, that come along with chemotherapy.

My body is weak and tired. My mind overwhelmed with the overthinking of everything going on around me.

I am vulnerable enough to say that I am exhausted and it is bloody difficult for me.

Being vulnerable is my first step to bravery.

My mind, body, soul and spirit are exhausted. The collective, is exhausted, and with that is the realisation that it's necessary to take time to rest, recover and reset.

22/03/2021

Julia Louis-Dreyfus was diagnosed with Stage 2 Breast Cancer in 2017.

17/03/2021

I am grateful for my second chance at this beautiful unpredictable thing called life by Adera Kachienga

Being diagnosed with breast cancer came with the realisation that at some point you have to let go of what you thought should happen and live in what is happening.

I continue to take things day by day and as I recover both mentally and physically, I have decided to let go and be the most authentic version of myself

I am going into my 3rd chemo treatment. What started out as suffering, pain and discomfort changed me to gain strength, hope and excitement for the future. I am beyond grateful.

16/03/2021

“I suggest a good hearty breakfast before chemo. It helps the body to deal with the strong medicine. Also, it can be a long day, and you might not feel like eating afterwards”

from Male Breast Cancer Survivor, Steve Kelly

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11/03/2021

Is there a life after Cancer? By Adera Kachienga

A lot of people think that once you have finished your treatment plan, everything just goes away and goes back to normal. But... It doesn't.

Like all of us that’s been diagnosed, I go to bed and wake-up everyday thinking about cancer. I continuously worry about a reoccurrence. I admit I am getting better at it but it's going to take me some time.

I sincerely wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy but Cancer has taught me so much. It's taught me friends, family and partners come and go. My fellow survivors are a part of my new family. It’s so important to get that kind of support.

I was searching for the old me but the new me is the best version of me. So out with the old and cheers and happiness to the new Adera 🥂

08/03/2021

In 2011, Entertainment News Reporter, Giuliana Rancic, was diagnosed with Breast Cancer at the age of 36.
At the time she felt her “life was over”. That was far from the truth.

03/03/2021

PTSD - Emotional and Physical Triggers of Breast Cancer by Adera Kachienga

I ask myself everyday how am I supposed to overcome the unending unwavering waves of grief when everytime I look into the mirror my body is the trigger?

When I look in the mirror before I shower or when am changing, I see a collection of scars. Scars that constantly remind what I had to forgo/lose in order to survive.

My breast area has become a shrine of both my enduring pain and survival.

26/02/2021

This week Adera Kachienga is telling us: “It's ok to feel”

It's ok to feel and acknowledge the exhaustion, anger, scanxiety, frustration, pain, fear and all the other feelings that come with a breast cancer diagnosis.

Being diagnosed with breast cancer has taught me how to exist in the 'duality and complexities of emotions'

What you are feeling today is okay and valid. That’s what truly matters.

24/02/2021

Guilt, Resentment and a tiny little bit of jealousy by Babette Labuschagne

When speaking about emotions during diagnosis and treatment most people would think... shock, sadness, denial, fear and grief. Bravery, strength, determination might be some of the happier emotions.

Along with all those that would seem normal, come guilt and resentment. Maybe even jealousy. Why?

I have felt a lot of guilt, especially at the beginning.
I’ve felt guilty that I am only stage 1 when there are stage 4 warriors sitting next to me in chemo. I’ve felt guilt because I am stronger than the 70 year old in the corner. I’ve felt guilt because my side effects weren’t as bad. I’ve felt guilt because I get to live after this when someone else has died.

In the same breath I’ve felt resentment and jealousy when I hear of someone that only needed surgery and didn’t have to experience chemo. I’ve felt hurt when I hear that someone had better treatment options than I had. I have a friend that deleted social media because while you were exercising and posting your fit strong body, she was sitting on the shower floor.

“Why did I have to get chemo and you don’t?”

“Why did I have to lose my hair and you don’t?”

“Why do I have to remove my breasts and you don’t?”

Ultimately it just boils down to “Why did this happen to me?”

It actually doesn’t even have anything to do with you.

I do realise it’s totally unreasonable but let me tell you, it’s human nature. It’s normal to feel all of these. It’s ok to feel a little sorry for ourselves at times. It’s unfair. It’s ok to think it’s unfair. Experiencing frustration and disappointment is a normal part of life.

In a heart beat I would’ve changed places with someone who only needed surgery, but it’s important to know that there is someone else who would’ve preferred your experience too.

22/02/2021

Cynthia Nixon’s doctor said that he wouldn’t have thought anything about the cancer on her mammogram because it was so small, except it wasn’t there on any of her previous mammograms. She started getting mammograms at the age of 35 because her mother was diagnosed twice.

19/02/2021

Breast Cancer Doesn’t Care That I’m Young by Adera Kachienga

Being diagnosed with breast cancer so young was a real shock in itself. “Why me? What have I done to deserve this?” As most women diagnosed in their 20's and 30s, I was in complete and utter shock and disbelief.

Cancer does not discriminate. All of the health care professionals who examined my lump on my left breast verified that I was lucky to have found it as early as I did.
As a young woman, my breast tissue is dense, which means it wouldn’t have been easy to locate and distinguish.

Nothing at that moment allayed or put my fears at bay, because all of a sudden, I was faced/confronted with the reality that my future isn’t a guarantee. I held the belief that to live a life, a long and fulfilled one, you have a certain number of years to live.
You go to school, start a career, create goals, set expectations, fall in love....

When you get diagnosed with a life-threatening illness such as cancer, you’re forced to face the devastating and grime reality that you may not have as much time as you thought. All of your plans and priorities change and you realize that in actual fact breast cancer does not care that I am young.

So from today, I am doing what I want. I am living my life to the fullest. We only get one, and we don’t know when it’ll end.

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