
The Actual Art Of Healing- A Journey Of Lisa Crites
Healing is often portrayed as a straight line. You get sick. You get treated. You get better. There’s a before and an after, a clear point where everything is supposed to shift back into place.
The mastectomy patient in particular, is unfortunately already required to deal with the emotional aspect of breast cancer and the physical trauma of having their breasts removed. I created The SHOWER SHIRT® so future mastectomy and/or general chest surgery patients would not be required to shower in a trash bag for protection, as I did.
It stands to reason if a patient can shower, they will feel better physically, thus, emotionally; a grave need after any surgery, but specifically for those who have gone through a breast cancer diagnosis and mastectomy surgery.




Healing is often portrayed as a straight line. You get sick. You get treated. You get better. There’s a before and an after, a clear point where everything is supposed to shift back into place.

It is widely understood that surviving a life-threatening experience changes a person completely. Whether welcomed or not, that change settles in. The real questions often come later, when life slows down, and no one is watching.

Lisa Crites’ story is one shaped by loss, illness, and an unflinching honesty about what it means to endure. As a cancer survivor and the author of Beautifully Unbroken, she does not present faith as something tidy or reassuring.




