OK, I figured that title would get peoples' attention! I think this is an interesting topic and I debated posting it to the non-swimming related forum, but it is swimming related.
Anyway, here's the story. A woman in Seattle has been fighting the rule that women need to wear tops while swimming in Seattle pools. She had a double mastectomy and her contention is that the suit rubbing against her scars is very uncomfortable. The city Parks & Rec department finally decided she can swim topless--but only her:
seattletimes.nwsource.com/.../2018485244_swimmer.html
If the tissue is still healing and tender to the point of requiring topless attire, perhaps she shouldn't be in the pool yet.
Scars from major surgery can be painful or sensitive for years. And depending on just what she had done, she could have a pretty big scar, or scars on her back as well. It seems perfectly plausible to me that a woman would find no form of swim top tolerable even after she had recovered fully in every other way from mastectomy surgery.
If the tissue is still healing and tender to the point of requiring topless attire, perhaps she shouldn't be in the pool yet.
Scars from major surgery can be painful or sensitive for years. And depending on just what she had done, she could have a pretty big scar, or scars on her back as well. It seems perfectly plausible to me that a woman would find no form of swim top tolerable even after she had recovered fully in every other way from mastectomy surgery.
