April 2018
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Bloomingdale/ FishHawk Edition
Group Knits Prostheses For Patients By Kate Quesada which prostheses will be best just based on bra size,” said Sandrock, who will also teach the recipient about care of prostheses during the short fitting. “We also have many different colors from neutral and black to hot pink, depending on personality and mood.” The knitted prostheses can be placed in a regular bra and accordVolunteer knitters and women looking for breast prostheses ing to Sandrock are are invited to attend monthly meetings of the new Brandon Knitted Knockers group the third Wednesday of the month more light-weight and comfortable than tradiat Brandon Regional Hospital. tional synthetic prostheValrico resident Lynette Sandrock ses that can not be worn for weeks is changing lives with her knitting. Sandrock is starting a Brandon group after surgery. In addition, the knitted knockers can be adjusted to fill the of Knitted Knockers, a national organization that provides free knitted breast prostheses for women who have had a single or double mastectomy or other breast surgery. She is looking for both knitters to help make the protheses and women who are interested in being fitted for one or two. An avid knitter since childhood, Sandrock learned about the Knitted Knockers group from a newspaper article and upon further research realized that making the protheses was a way she could give back. gap for breasts “I looked at that are uneven one of the patand are easily terns and adapted for thought ‘I could those going do that,’” she through reconsaid. struction by The prosremoving some theses are stuffing. made from The closest super soft Knitted acrylic yarn and Knockers group are machine was previously in the Sarasota area, washable and dry quickly. Like other so Sandrock contacted Brandon knitters in the national organization, Regional Hospital and local doctors Sandrock donates the materials and and has now set up a monthly sestime for the ones she makes. The sion the third Wednesday of every knitters have found that it is impormonth in the hospital’s Classroom A, tant that recipients, who can have located at 262 S. Moon Ave. in recently had their mastectomies or Brandon. For information, call be years out from the surgery, be fitSandrock at 300-1505 or visit ted for the prostheses in person. www.knittedknockers.org. Sample “The fittings take a short time, patterns for people interested in knitbut are very important because we ting are also available on the webare all different and we won’t know site.
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