https://www.lizwessel.com/prophylactic-mastectomy-blog daily 0.75 2025-04-17 https://www.lizwessel.com/prophylactic-mastectomy-blog/why-im-writing-about-getting-a-prophylactic-double-mastectomy monthly 0.5 2022-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649129247892-QBA36PHNZCC7ZF1JJFOJ/IMG_4658-1.jpg prophylactic mastectomy blog - Why I’m writing about getting a prophylactic double mastectomy - I decided to write a series of eight blog posts about my mastectomy journey (my mastectomy was 1/13/22 and my reconstruction was 3/31/22). There are four main reasons I wanted to do this (in no particular order): https://www.lizwessel.com/prophylactic-mastectomy-blog/why-i-got-a-prophylactic-double-mastectomy monthly 0.5 2022-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649130823514-G7OI6TTOB4N05J8HZME6/MayaAmoils.png prophylactic mastectomy blog - Why I got a prophylactic double mastectomy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649131026458-C2RRRRYZYE5WC9W85HME/role-of-brca-mutations-in-breast-cancer-survival-4158206-color-V1-c9673d1527664e3b9fb2824e3725ea9d.png prophylactic mastectomy blog - Why I got a prophylactic double mastectomy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649131654117-E8KAP71WMQM6M8BN4HBB/IMG_4491.jpg prophylactic mastectomy blog - Why I got a prophylactic double mastectomy - Make it stand out The lovely position every woman gets to go through at their OBGYN (or in this case, at my biannual ovarian cancer screening) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649131385735-D4ML100VR0WR9ID8C5YZ/IMG_9385.jpg prophylactic mastectomy blog - Why I got a prophylactic double mastectomy - Make it stand out A picture of me awaiting the MRI biopsy https://www.lizwessel.com/prophylactic-mastectomy-blog/decisions-to-make-leading-up-to-the-mastectomy monthly 0.5 2022-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649132595484-KVPHERF9A7L1DHP9GOYC/IMG_4658-1.jpg prophylactic mastectomy blog - Decisions to make leading up to the mastectomy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.lizwessel.com/prophylactic-mastectomy-blog/mastectomy-surgery-vs-reconstruction-surgery-whats-the-difference monthly 0.5 2022-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649181385667-3X6EUTXAF5ANS3FRIM3J/IMG-4270.jpg prophylactic mastectomy blog - Mastectomy Surgery vs Reconstruction Surgery: What’s the Difference? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.lizwessel.com/prophylactic-mastectomy-blog/6yzhicobhu8yjv2zo6tpi8agdpo3tb monthly 0.5 2022-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649135384310-S7RRLZESCYSXVYM6CR65/IMG_4226.jpg prophylactic mastectomy blog - How I Prepared for My Mastectomy - Make it stand out 24 hours after my mastectomy (Jan 14, 2022). This bra (“Masthead”) was provided by my hospital https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649189908845-XKC1MEHU6H2J7V3NB7F3/85761.jpg prophylactic mastectomy blog - How I Prepared for My Mastectomy - Make it stand out Me and my seat belt pillow, on our way home from surgery https://www.lizwessel.com/prophylactic-mastectomy-blog/1mp6e8fxu4ee6szajnlgfyvz3o3j1e monthly 0.5 2022-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649190422702-83I7LFM5LZ30M3ZACBPS/30465.jpg prophylactic mastectomy blog - My Mastectomy Recovery (Drains, Expanders, Infection, & more) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649189579159-98QQ000MCD1L60FSQ73T/Screen+Shot+2022-04-05+at+4.03.14+PM.png prophylactic mastectomy blog - My Mastectomy Recovery (Drains, Expanders, Infection, & more) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649200103198-SUCCVJTM5FV0ULSWVW7S/tissue-expanders-and-breast-reconstruction-430401-af47704770f24a848ec3e2c7d6150529.png prophylactic mastectomy blog - My Mastectomy Recovery (Drains, Expanders, Infection, & more) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649191497453-INT8BK8Q10TGD19PC2YD/IMG-4412.jpg prophylactic mastectomy blog - My Mastectomy Recovery (Drains, Expanders, Infection, & more) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649208655242-R6PWS91LS777NBYR902P/IMG-4349.jpg prophylactic mastectomy blog - My Mastectomy Recovery (Drains, Expanders, Infection, & more) - Make it stand out Sleeping at the MSK Urgency Care unit with my infection / IV https://www.lizwessel.com/prophylactic-mastectomy-blog/gifts-to-get-someone-who-just-had-a-mastectomy monthly 0.5 2022-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649182403608-B1G4AVER03X9ZRWV0IJG/IMG-4303.jpg prophylactic mastectomy blog - Gifts to get someone who just had a mastectomy - Make it stand out Someone sent me Dirty Cookie shot glasses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649182480408-2TKUWHLW5S15DO148TFD/IMG-4287.jpg prophylactic mastectomy blog - Gifts to get someone who just had a mastectomy - Make it stand out A gorgeous bouquet from one of my investors, Index Ventures https://www.lizwessel.com/prophylactic-mastectomy-blog/7raw7h43syyfe3kfsoid9cj1bly4lb monthly 0.5 2022-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649181074918-KTAL7FA497W9VAIRTR2I/84DD193D-1F51-4C40-B3FB-C8066BEAB677.JPG prophylactic mastectomy blog - Reconstruction Surgery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1649183574313-T0BU6Z88D0IP3GMGBO4C/original.jpg prophylactic mastectomy blog - Reconstruction Surgery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.lizwessel.com/foundervcthoughts daily 0.75 2025-04-17 https://www.lizwessel.com/foundervcthoughts/okrsandkpis monthly 0.5 2025-04-17 https://www.lizwessel.com/bio daily 1.0 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d24aa42ffb8339ed7cb4d5/1641836363309-25XB6S9AAY158UR4AQVV/Wessel%2C+Liz+%281%29+%281%29.jpg Bio / Headshot - About Liz Liz is a Partner at First Round Capital, where she invests in early stage founders and companies across all industries. Prior to that, Liz was a Visiting Group Partner at Y Combinator (“YC”), the leading startup accelerator and investor, where she invested in and helped great founders build great companies. Prior to joining YC, Liz was Co-Founder and CEO of WayUp, an early career recruitment platform used by 6+ million candidates (71% of whom self-identify as underrepresented) and thousands of employers, which she founded at age 23. WayUp raised over $40M and after 7 years, merged with Yello, another recruitment software platform (at the time of Liz’s departure, the business was ~200 employees). Prior to WayUp, Liz was part of the APMM program at Google, where she worked in Product & Brand Marketing — first in Mountain View, then for a year in India. Before Google, Liz graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), where she studied Political Science, Math and Japanese while also starting businesses and clubs on the side (such as PennEats/UniEats). Liz has been featured in various publications, from Midas Brink List 2025, to Forbes 30 Under 30, to Business Insider’s “18 Coolest Women in Silicon Valley” and so on. She’s also been a featured speaker at TEDx, Advertising Week, TechCrunch Disrupt, SXSW, and on CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, Fox, and much more. She’s also interviewed leaders like Jim Cramer, Adena Friedman, and many more. Liz is 35 years old and is married to Matt Ross, where they live with their two children (and cavapoo!) in San Francisco. 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