Par Adele Leberre
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For several years already, Quimper (Finistère), women withbreast cancer no longer only come to the hospital or clinic for purely medical appointments.
They can also benefit from support care (reflexology, sophrology, aesthetic care, relaxation, art therapy, etc.) thanks to associations such as Kis, Kemper institute be you.
Evening in Fouesnant, end of March
The establishment monitors 289 patients. For the past few months, they have been able to participate twice a month in a music therapy workshop. It is a moment of serenity, appeasement, encounter…”, describes Emilie Denecenurse and Kis coordinator.
To best support women and those around them, Kis and the ARTère association are innovating with an evening entitled Let’s open the dialogue Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at Fouesnant.
The announcement of the meeting was made on Facebook:
The Ouvrons le dialogue company will perform several sketches on the theme of breast cancer and will allow those who wish to do so to intervene.
It’s an original proposal that allows you to discuss screening, the course, the experience, the relationships with loved ones… Everything is possible. We want to break the medical and formal side.
“Dusting Medicine”
The doctor Eve de la Guerrande She also seeks to “dust off medicine” by opening up other avenues of dialogue, notably artistic ones.
It is precisely with this in mind that she created ARTère, an association that promotes health through artistic tools.
Artery offers prevention workshops in schools, circus shows for hospitalized children, artistic practice workshops in a clinic, etc.
Eve de la Guerrande navigates continuously between medicine and art. “I admit that I had a hard time choosing between these two paths following the baccalaureate. »
tattoo following mastectomy
Today, she is a general practitioner, artist and tattoo artist all rolled into one. Every Friday, at the medical center of Ploneour-Lanvern, she practices tattooing following breast reconstruction, a medical procedure reimbursed by Social Security. Explanation.
After a mastectomy, 30% of women undergo reconstruction to restore volume. The nipple can be redone with a skin graft or a tattoo. I make this tattoo.
Very few doctors or nurses perform this procedure. The patients therefore come from all over western Brittany and come out delighted with her practice. “They regain possession of their bodies, can look at themselves in the mirror once more. Of course, I tattoo, but it’s also human accompaniment”, appreciates Eve de la Guerrande.
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