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Be Still

Writer's picture: Surviving Breast CancerSurviving Breast Cancer

By Conny Reichardt


Read Conny’s BRCA1 Story: My Previvor Story





Be Still seems to be a statement that has to be drilled in my head time and time again. So, when my daughter said, “I am going to go get a tattoo, and you should come with and get the Be Still tattoo you have wanted,” I said, “OK!!”


August 28, 2024 marks one year since my preventative double mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction. I feel like I have taken Be Still more to heart this year than I have in the past. Some of that time has been forced on me, as DIEP is not a surgery that you just bounce back from. I also think I wanted to slow down and enjoy what I have. I chose to have the surgery so I could spend more time and be more present with family and friends.


The first time I faced being still was when the fertility doctor said that in order to get pregnant, in vitro fertilization was our best bet. That bet paid off in the form of twins! Then getting pregnant with our youngest after having a miscarriage in between the twins and her, living in fear that I would lose this baby also made me Be Still. Not an easy task when you also have five-year-old twins!