Knitting for healing, one stitch at a time

Knitting for healing, one stitch at a time

THIKA, Kenya (AP) : When Mary Mwangi got her cancer diagnosis, she imagined death would follow shortly. She did not expect that her hobby of knitting, which she took up while recovering, would affect the lives of thousands of breast cancer survivors. She now makes knitted prostheses for other breast cancer survivors in Kenya who have had an entire breast removed, known as a mastectomy, without the reconstructive surgery common in higher-income co