In the recently published memoir โFlat: Reclaiming My Body From Breast Cancer,โ Catherine Guthrie tells the story of grievous medical mistakes that she managed to record without sugarcoating their consequences or flailing against the injustice of it all.
As โFlatโ explains, all of the doctors Ms. Guthrie met assumed that she would want breast reconstruction after a mastectomy. โMost women want to look normal in clothes,โ the doctor informed her.