"I have to look at this hideous mess every day. It's really knocked my confidence. I don't look right in clothes because everything hangs wrong."
"I don't feel able to go out or socialise and I haven't been able to have a relationship."
Julie Ford underwent a mastectomy in April 2021 to combat breast cancer but did not receive reconstruction due to Covid-19 restrictions. Five years later, she is still waiting for the promised procedure. A shortage of surgeons and theatre space has left many women like her in discomfort and distress. Julie expresses feelings of abandonment, low confidence, and social isolation due to her post-mastectomy body, which she describes as a 'hideous mess' that affects her daily life and relationships.
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