A - Z Of Breast Cancer: KNICKERS

This is the only K in the whole A-Z so even though it's short, I couldn't leave it out.

You need your sense of humour for this one. For the final weeks of my radiotherapy and for two months after, I wore knickers where I should have worn a bra. My skin was firstly, too damaged and then too easily bruised to wear even the recommended nuns’ bras. As a result of radiotherapy I had dressings over the entire breast area and up into the armpit. These dressings needed held in place by some non adhesive method and my loose vests were no good. ‘Have you tried our bras?’ the radiotherapy nurse said, brandishing one such garment before me.
‘Aren’t they old people’s knickers used to keep incontinence pads in place?’ I asked.
She didn’t admit it but you could see it in her face she’d been found out. She took the soft meshy knickers, cut a V in the crotch, turned them upside down and hey presto! you have bra type garment that is not only comfortable but keeps your dressings in place too. Your head comes out the crotch and your arms come out the leg holes. Ingenious.

One day the ten year old came into my room and caught a glimpse of the knickerbra and he was upset about how extensive the bandaged area was. Have more sense than I did. Lock your bedroom door if you don’t want to give the little ones nightmares.

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