Bra Fittings & Breast Cancer: The Most Intimate Dressing Room of My Life

Let me tell you what’s not on your cancer treatment checklist: the moment you’re half-naked in a fitting room with a stranger gently adjusting your bra strap while casually asking if your scar tissue is still sensitive.

It’s a real milestone post-treatment lingerie shopping. Sexy, right? Not exactly. But it is sacred.

After radiation and surgeries, my body didn’t feel like mine. I wasn’t shopping to feel “hot” again. I was shopping to feel like me. Just me with all my new curves, new fears, and newly reconstructed confidence.

The woman helping me that day had hands like grace and a voice like ginger tea warm, calm, and healing. She didn’t flinch when I lifted my arm to show her where the pain still lived. She nodded, measured, and simply said, “We’ll find something that reminds you you’re still beautiful.”

And we did.

It was a soft pink bra, with lace that whispered not done yet. I stood taller. I smiled at myself in the mirror for the first time in months. I even left with a second one because I believe in backups when it comes to hope.

Ladies, don’t underestimate the power of a well-fitted bra, a kind stranger, and a little lace. They’re the secret weapons in every comeback.