Majsiak's mom died of breast cancer when Majsiak was 5, and she said that cancer has weighed heavy on her mind the majority of her life. "I always felt threatened by my breasts and my chest," she explained, and due to that, she's had intimacy issues with her chest. "If I felt like something hurt, I wouldn't want to be touched there because I would think there was a tumor there and that I had breast cancer already." Going through with surgery, she said, was a mental relief.
Majsiak's partner was her main caregiver after surgery, and she noted that leaning into better communication with him has been key. She also knows that it's possible to feel sexy again — that's something she's working on — but she admitted, "if I never felt sexy again in my life, that's a small price to pay for knowing that I did everything I could to prevent getting breast cancer and prevent that risk."
When it comes to gaining her confidence, Majsiak is taking it one day at a time and said that she plans on incorporating more movement daily. There have been limitations post surgery, and she's also afraid of being too physical — "it feels like a reminder of this big change that happened to your body, and naturally, we're afraid that our bodies can't do what they used to do," she explained. That being said, once she's over that hump, she expects to feel more at peace with her body and more like herself.
