A new you: Post-mastectomy options

It had taken some years for Nicole McLean to embrace her God-given breasts, ample at size H cups. So when, at 39, she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and told, despite her adamant protests, that mastectomy was the best option, McLean never hesitated to pursue reconstruction.

By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, Tribune Newspapers

September 21, 2011