Lisa Konstadt was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 44 years old. She had to make decisions quickly. Would she have a mastectomy? Would she have reconstructive surgery? How would she make these decisions when she had spent a lifetime struggling with codependency and detached from her inner voice? With her breast cancer diagnosis, Lisa was forced to reevaluate her sense of self. Through a series of true stories, Lisa takes the reader down a path of discovery that is both brutally honest and painfully familiar whether you are a breast cancer patient or not. She encourages you to reach deep into your gut to find answers to questions and to follow your own inner knowing. Flat as a Pancake will invite you to examine your past and give you the motivation to make important decisions despite fear of the unknown.Lisa learned that many people would question and challenge her decision to remain flat. She would have to dig deep to reject doctors dictating how she would view herself if she chose to live without breasts. Ultimately through following her inner voice, Lisa discovered that her happiness could not be measured in body parts and that her definition of “whole” was so much more than she originally thought.