Getting into a new relationship after taking on cancer presents a certain set of challenges. Caitlin Kiernan’s case was especially unique. She wrote a New York Times story, complete with accompanying video, about her last phase of breast reconstruction after getting a mastectomy. She brought a camera crew with her to Maryland, to video tape a tattoo artist as he inked nipples onto her new breast. The process was quite incredible, but may have been a little shocking for the man she had just started dating at the time.
“We’ve been together ever since, and now I’m engaged … so that worked out,” Caitlin says. “But yea … that’s an awkward conversation.
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