Summary

A woman with breast cancer describes dealing with doctors and medical procedures, from facing "embarrassing questions" to the finality of the mastectomy itself. She copes passively with the procedures by escaping into a fantasy world; but when it is time for the doctors to remove her breast, she assumes an active role and "[gives] it to them."

Primary Source

For the Four Corners

Publisher

Ithaca House

Place Published

Ithaca, N.Y.

Edition

1976