CINCINNATI — A rash and joint pain may have saved Lily McBreen’s life by getting her to the doctor in time for a breast cancer diagnosis. Although many other survivors choose implants after their mastectomies, she’s adamant that she won’t. Having almost lost her life once, she’s worried the side effects of receiving breast implants could endanger it again.
“After breast cancer your biggest motivation is to survive and you know that to survive you have to become healthy and whole again,” she said. “So the idea of putting something in your body that’s potentially going to make you sick again is something you’re not going to be willing, or want to do.”