Julie Shares If She Felt Less Womanly After Her Ovaries Were Removed (VIDEO)

Julie:
Yes, it’s kind of funny because I used to joke that I was going, the reason why I wanted to put it off was because of the breast cancer. I had already had a mastectomy and reconstruction, so I joked around that the doctors were going to, if I had the full hysterectomy, I was going to be an "it." No female body parts left, but…now I can say it differently. It’s been a while and I still. . .it’s a mental process, definitely.

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