Comments on: I Am Not My Breast Cancer http://www.boomercafe.com/2008/02/17/i-am-not-my-breast-cancer/ The online magazine for baby boomers with active lifestyles Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:00:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anja mullins http://www.boomercafe.com/2008/02/17/i-am-not-my-breast-cancer/#comment-597 Anja mullins Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:17:57 +0000 http://www.boomercafe.com/2008/02/17/i-am-not-my-breast-cancer/#comment-597 Hello I am contacting you as a breast cancer survivor, hoping you can help make all post-mastectomy women’s lives more comfortable. Following my own mastectomy I was completely frustrated by the total lack of comfortable, functionable clothing that fit my needs as a breast cancer survivor. Any woman who has had a mastectomy soon realizes that all sense of fashionable comfort is gone forever. Either you’re wearing “the prosthesis” and are physically uncomfortable or you’re not wearing “the prosthesis” and are uncomfortable with your appearance. My name is Anja Mullins, founder and CEO of Ann Jacqueline Design. I had an idea for a simple, attractive, one-piece garment that would eliminate the need to wear a post-mastectomy prosthesis. Today my company, Ann Jacqueline Design, has developed and is marketing an innovative prosthesis free fashion line specifically for women who have had a single or double mastectomy. Post mastectomy women no longer need to contend with the discomfort of wearing a bulky, heavy prosthesis that shifts within the pocket of the bra. Women may now choose to wear a lightweight, pull-over, one piece prosthesis free, fashionable garment that can be worn in any social setting. More than 200,000 women in the U.S. are stricken with breast cancer each year and there are more than 2,000,000 breast cancer survivors in the United States alone. My company is tailored to the specific needs of these women. Please contact me at 619.729.4355 or visit: www.annjacquelinedesign.com Or www.ajdcancer.com For more information. Sincerely, Anja Mullins Hello

I am contacting you as a breast cancer survivor, hoping you can help make all post-mastectomy women’s lives more comfortable.

Following my own mastectomy I was completely frustrated by the total lack of comfortable, functionable clothing that fit my needs as a breast cancer survivor.

Any woman who has had a mastectomy soon realizes that all sense of fashionable comfort is gone forever.

Either you’re wearing “the prosthesis” and are physically uncomfortable or you’re not wearing “the prosthesis” and are uncomfortable with your appearance.

My name is Anja Mullins, founder and CEO of Ann Jacqueline Design. I had an idea for a simple, attractive, one-piece garment that would eliminate the need to wear a post-mastectomy prosthesis.

Today my company, Ann Jacqueline Design, has developed and is marketing an innovative prosthesis free fashion line specifically for women who have had a single or double mastectomy.

Post mastectomy women no longer need to contend with the discomfort of wearing a bulky, heavy prosthesis that shifts within the pocket of the bra.

Women may now choose to wear a lightweight, pull-over, one piece prosthesis free, fashionable garment that can be worn in any social setting.

More than 200,000 women in the U.S. are stricken with breast cancer each year and there are more than 2,000,000 breast cancer survivors in the United States alone.

My company is tailored to the specific needs of these women.

Please contact me at 619.729.4355 or visit:

http://www.annjacquelinedesign.com

Or

http://www.ajdcancer.com

For more information.

Sincerely,

Anja Mullins

]]> By: Kathi http://www.boomercafe.com/2008/02/17/i-am-not-my-breast-cancer/#comment-573 Kathi Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:09:07 +0000 http://www.boomercafe.com/2008/02/17/i-am-not-my-breast-cancer/#comment-573 It's hard to be forced to redefine oneself as a woman. After breast cancer altered my physical form, thre was a need to focus on the inner self, the attitudes and attributes that are NOT physical and that give myself a sense of who I am. I was not my breasts or my breast cancer, but who I am as a woman has definitely changed since being diagnosed with breast cancer 5 years ago. It’s hard to be forced to redefine oneself as a woman. After breast cancer altered my physical form, thre was a need to focus on the inner self, the attitudes and attributes that are NOT physical and that give myself a sense of who I am. I was not my breasts or my breast cancer, but who I am as a woman has definitely changed since being diagnosed with breast cancer 5 years ago.

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