Boobies Blog

Leigh Hurst, FYB Founder 

About the Boobies Basics Series: This will be one of six short articles that focus on common misconceptions about breast cancer.  These misconceptions are based on the most frequent questions I get when I go out and speak to groups of women.

As a woman, we are prone to be self-critical and are always comparing ourselves to others.  There is an endless list of things that we pick apart about ourselves each day.

Let’s take hair, for example.  Who wouldn’t love to have beautiful long thick hair that is the envy of all of our friends.  You know the kind of hair that looks like it’s effortless to do each morning; the kind that can be easily transformed from long locks to a careless ponytail in seconds.  Or what about our skin?  We tirelessly buy new products in pursuit of flawless, ageless skin. We all have that friend – the one who rarely needs makeup and might not even do a thorough cleansing each night before bed.  Grrr.

And then there’s our breasts.  They come in all shapes and sizes.  Some are small or nearly non-existent, some are, well, larger than life and some are too perky for their own good.  They are always a topic of conversation between women; and men are easily hypnotized by them.  There’s no shortage of women these days willing to give the “girls” a little (or big) lift in order to achieve picture perfect breasts.

For me, I’ve lived a life of the girl with “small boobs” and I’ve never really cared too much about the fact that they are little.  They have never been something that defines me – heck, I never even really thought about them until I found a lump a few years ago.  That’s when I found out that these little boobies had cancer.  At that moment, little did I know, that my life from that point forward would revolve around “Boobies”.  I talk about Boobies all day, every day – it’s my life now.  Through Feel Your Boobies®, I’ve become the “Boobies girl”.  This always amuses me when I think about it.  I am thankful to have them and I love everything about them.  They are small, they are mine and they are perfect.

One of the most common comments I heard after being diagnosed with breast cancer was “I can’t believe you have breast cancer, your boobs are so little.”  Well girls, this is one case where all boobies are created equal.  Big or small, perky or not so perky; they are all equally at risk of developing breast cancer.  So let’s get “feeling” ladies!  Take some time to get to second base with yourself and let’s keep those boobies healthy.  After all, let’s face it, they may not be perfect but they’re all you have.