Would you choose breast reconstruction? In the first of a series of articles on the pros and cons, we talk to some women who took the plunge and some who choose not to.

Sarah Fowler is a qualified life coach, NLP practitioner and hypnotherapist. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 at the age of 35, and took an active role in her recovery using a range of NLP and hypnotherapy techniques. Here she answers your questions on a range of lifestyle and emotional issues that can arise following a diagnosis of breast cancer.

Readers share their encouragement and support and comment on articles features in the previous issue of Amoena Life. More letters are featured in our Readers' Forum.

After breast cancer, many women find that they lose self-esteem, believing themselves to be less loveable or somehow less important than they were before surgery. In the last article of our series on the emotional effects of the disease, we look at ways in which you can build up your self-confidence and start to believe in yourself again.

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