tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post8252615717158459294..comments2023-10-28T23:06:44.562+00:00Comments on Mary L Tabor: Janis Greve tells the truth about Breast Cancer and brasMary L. Taborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03658421279546763972noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-3311243633523738902012-02-26T22:41:03.984+00:002012-02-26T22:41:03.984+00:00Thanks for your comment, Kelsey. Now I'm wond...Thanks for your comment, Kelsey. Now I'm wondering why I ever shopped there in the first place. I think it's because it was recommended as a place where you can go for a fitting, rather than slog through a lot of ill-fitting bras on your own. Why aren't there more happy mediums between V.S. and Marshall's--that's what I'd like to know!Janis Grevehttp://www.losingfarther.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-32465277232380117122012-02-26T22:28:45.366+00:002012-02-26T22:28:45.366+00:00Hi, Kelsey, So good that you stopped by here. Jani...Hi, Kelsey, So good that you stopped by here. Janis will be so pleased that she crossed boundaries here and reached women thinking about bras. And you are so candid here. Let me just send a "lovely" to you!Mary L. Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03658421279546763972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-75297653687152624182012-02-26T21:36:48.837+00:002012-02-26T21:36:48.837+00:00Hi Janis,
I think you've pretty accurately ca...Hi Janis,<br /><br />I think you've pretty accurately captured Victoria's Secret, and I think a lot of women (particularly women of non-supermodel proportions) feel the same way when they think about that store. I know I do - I refuse to shop there. I play it off as though I'm "above it," both from a frugality standpoint ("Why would I pay $50 for a bra when I can get a Kelseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-84493127824188154942012-02-26T15:27:25.367+00:002012-02-26T15:27:25.367+00:00Hi Dix,
So glad you like that moment on the exami...Hi Dix,<br /><br />So glad you like that moment on the examining table. The post-cancer medical world is full of weirdness. It's infused by the commercial world, too. I know you know. <br /><br />Thank you for drawing out the "misfit"--that adds a new dimension to the piece that I hadn't quite seen, but now I see it on several levels. You have an artist's eye. May you Janis Grevehttp://www.losingfarther.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-73814024478319575632012-02-26T15:04:33.519+00:002012-02-26T15:04:33.519+00:00Dear Dix McComas,
I'm sure Janis will also re...Dear Dix McComas,<br /><br />I'm sure Janis will also reply. I want to say how moved I am by your willingness to speak here and I hope you will "join this site"--scroll on the right: no e-mails unless you also sign up for that option under the tab above it. I see that you are an artist and artists must work together to help one another.Mary L. Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03658421279546763972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-27300739672341016202012-02-26T15:02:40.628+00:002012-02-26T15:02:40.628+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mary L. Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03658421279546763972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-30243641339974898942012-02-26T13:47:58.679+00:002012-02-26T13:47:58.679+00:00Hi Janis,
As a male who's dealing with a recu...Hi Janis,<br /><br />As a male who's dealing with a recurrence of prostate cancer, I identified mostly with the misfit you describe so vividly--whether you turn to Victoria's Secret or the bandaid bras of the local store. I especially like the moment on the doctor's examining table. Stripped of all protective coverings, you are asked whether you're happy with your implant. <br /Dix McComashttp://www.dixmccomas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-30094112297094445262012-02-25T22:47:14.060+00:002012-02-25T22:47:14.060+00:00Thanks for reading my piece, Wendy. I have never ...Thanks for reading my piece, Wendy. I have never heard of the braball and just now took a look at it. What an incredible project, and what a history, too! I would love to see that thing in person. Almost seems worth a trip to Baltimore from MA. Thanks for referring me to it.Janis Grevehttp://www.losingfarther.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-81212062503891833742012-02-25T21:32:46.399+00:002012-02-25T21:32:46.399+00:00I will and perhaps you would like to do a guest es...I will and perhaps you would like to do a guest essay here. Think about it. I am particularly interested in a literary take on things and perhaps you will find my e-mail through my website where we might continue this conversation privately. I would love for you to read The Woman Who Never Cooked. Take a look at the sidebar and consider finding it on Amazon? Off to join your site.Mary L. Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03658421279546763972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-11739416305712951332012-02-25T21:29:06.265+00:002012-02-25T21:29:06.265+00:00Wendy, You are so wise and so good to stop by. Her...Wendy, You are so wise and so good to stop by. Here's the link to http://www.braball.com/ Amazing. Thank you, Wendy.Mary L. Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03658421279546763972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-44332155329452123852012-02-25T21:18:24.822+00:002012-02-25T21:18:24.822+00:00Thanks Mary,
I will sign up. I invite you to do t...Thanks Mary,<br /><br />I will sign up. I invite you to do the same at my blog. http://www.originalbodywisdom.com/blog/. I am working on a juicy post on why this Yoga teacher cracks a bullwhip! I also did one recently on neurological challenges and Parkinson's Disease. So good to meet you and keep up the great blog.donna Brookshttp://originalbodywisdom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-38393444343241769062012-02-25T21:04:45.118+00:002012-02-25T21:04:45.118+00:00I know so many women with so many different storie...I know so many women with so many different stories about breast cancer. It is brave of you to share yours with the world. Thank you.<br />Don't know if you know about Emily Duffy's braball which I just saw at the wonderful American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. Check it out...braball.com. Great story too.Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-51469275525672696682012-02-25T20:39:57.115+00:002012-02-25T20:39:57.115+00:00Hi there Donna,
Thanks so much for your visit! Y...Hi there Donna,<br /><br />Thanks so much for your visit! Your words mean a lot to me. It's so great to hear that my piece might speak to any woman who has ever bought a bra, and that the contradictions you so perfectly describe are a burden we all share--I'm not alone. I suspected that I wasn't, but I needed it confirmed and I loved your words for it. Thank you for joining this Janis Grevehttp://www.losingfarther.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-16754498199808013132012-02-25T20:23:38.543+00:002012-02-25T20:23:38.543+00:00Donna Brooks, I just looked at your amazing websit...Donna Brooks, I just looked at your amazing website about health and wellness. I am honored that you are here and hope that others will click on your name and find you. My father had late-onset Parkinson's Disease and I write about him in The Woman Who Never Cooked. <br /><br />I am hoping that you will "join this site" on the right here. No e-mails come, so no worries there. If youMary L. Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03658421279546763972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-90199218784480181872012-02-25T20:01:40.811+00:002012-02-25T20:01:40.811+00:00Wow,
Beautiful writing! Jan, I feel like you captu...Wow,<br />Beautiful writing! Jan, I feel like you capture the kaleidoscope of impressions and experiences that go with buying a bra - any bra for any woman! The idea that your oncologist wants you to be happy with your "purchase" is so descriptive of the idea our bodies are images to project but the heart of yourself - living a boyhood and shucking off your shirt like corn - is so fun donna Brookshttp://originalbodywisdom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-22842997546727813392012-02-25T19:59:04.322+00:002012-02-25T19:59:04.322+00:00Anora: Thank you so much for your very kind words ...Anora: Thank you so much for your very kind words and attentive reading of both my piece--which I can say, you absolutely "got"--and Mary's introduction, including the story of how we met and that fabulous Cixous quote.<br /><br />Always honored to be on the receiving end of your responses--they're so rich, so careful, that they take me right back into writing, and into living, Janis Grevehttp://www.losingfarther.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-60251682268046424502012-02-25T19:44:08.370+00:002012-02-25T19:44:08.370+00:00Absolutely they do. Anora, hoping to welcome you h...Absolutely they do. Anora, hoping to welcome you here in April.Mary L. Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03658421279546763972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-10365556379073849902012-02-25T19:40:46.753+00:002012-02-25T19:40:46.753+00:00Beautifully written. You're welcome. (Don'...Beautifully written. You're welcome. (Don't our comments and intros give little tastes of our writing, giving our readers a sense of if they'd like to stay a while?)Anorahttp://www.twitter.com/anorawritesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-23850223528304249042012-02-25T19:29:50.440+00:002012-02-25T19:29:50.440+00:00What a great affirming comment, Anora, for both me...What a great affirming comment, Anora, for both me and Janis. On my behalf, I thank you from my heart and intend to go find you and comment wherever you are. I would be so honored if you actually did read my memoir and posted a comment on Amazon! That would put main your debt forever. <br /><br />More important: To take so much time in both reading and then writing the comment shows that you are Mary L. Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03658421279546763972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-24886861110238373182012-02-25T19:20:38.763+00:002012-02-25T19:20:38.763+00:00What an exemplary introduction Mary offers. I'...What an exemplary introduction Mary offers. I'm glad to know about <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Re-MAKING-LOVE-after-sixty/dp/098299317X/" rel="nofollow">(Re)Making Love: A Memoir</a>, and about the friendship that ensued. <a href="http://www.booksbywomen.org" rel="nofollow">Women Writers, Women Books</a> would so love your friendship story to follow on the heels of <a href="http://Anorahttp://www.twitter.com/anorawritesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-31543943842960925412012-02-25T01:51:01.088+00:002012-02-25T01:51:01.088+00:00Hi K,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, though...Hi K,<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your thoughts, though I'm very sorry to hear about your friends! I agree with you--the routes people take on the reconstruction or not question is such a personal decision, and breast cancer is an amazingly "various" disease. It's much more complicated than the general public tends to think! I respect both your friends' decisions. Janis Grevehttp://www.losingfarther.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-80255916018750617922012-02-25T01:27:45.018+00:002012-02-25T01:27:45.018+00:00Thank you so much for reading and leaving this hea...Thank you so much for reading and leaving this heartfelt, candid comment. I am so glad to have Janis Greves here to speak and to tell it like it is. Blessings.Mary L. Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03658421279546763972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921551251313045885.post-12738093001452854212012-02-24T23:38:37.427+00:002012-02-24T23:38:37.427+00:00I have 3 well 2 friends that have had the breast c...I have 3 well 2 friends that have had the breast cancer, the 3rd one had the pre cancerous cells and opted for the double mastectomy and total reconstruction of her breasts, because her mom and aunt had breast cancer. One waited for about a year before having her implants because she was waiting for the saline ones to be approved and my best friend decided against any reconstruction whatsoever. khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02039448074178382326noreply@blogger.com