--- title: "Geraldine Hickey - A Weight Off My Chest | Assembly Festival" meta: "og:description": "We are based in Edinburgh at Assembly Roxy, run Assembly Festival at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and tour with the best of our programme." "og:title": "Geraldine Hickey - A Weight Off My Chest" "twitter:description": "We are based in Edinburgh at Assembly Roxy, run Assembly Festival at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and tour with the best of our programme." "twitter:title": "Geraldine Hickey - A Weight Off My Chest" description: "We are based in Edinburgh at Assembly Roxy, run Assembly Festival at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and tour with the best of our programme." --- # Geraldine Hickey - A Weight Off My Chest [**← **Back to What's On](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on) [ ![Geraldine Hickey - A Weight Off My Chest](https://assemblyfestival.com/_vercel/image?url=https:%2F%2Fassemblyfestival.pazaz.studio%2Fassets%2F2e25b630-53de-4d84-88e3-10582118c425?width=360%26height=360%26format=webp&w=1536&q=100) # Geraldine Hickey - A Weight Off My Chest I had breast reduction surgery, but they took them all. They were big and heavy and I wanted it to be easier to find clothes that would fit. I wanted to be ready to evacuate in the middle of the night and not think I would die in a fire with one arm stuck in a bra strap. 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