Like so many people who have dealt with Colitis and/or Crohn's, I have had a couple of abdominal surgeries, so I have a few scars.
I was really lucky and the surgeons were super careful about scarring.
The first couple bikini seasons after my surgeries, I went and bought rub-on butterfly tattoos that would cover the stoma scar. This was a good #copingstrategy and definitely helped with my confidence at the lake.
A couple doctors offered to refer me to get my scars 'improved', but I didn't take it. I figure... This is where I came from - this is what I overcame - and I am so proud of who I have become in spite of (and because of) the illnesses that lead to those scars. So now I show them off proudly - and I am happy to say that over the last 8 years, I have been known to completely forget that I have them.
Scars may make people self-conscious.. Just remember that that's what you've gotten through. That's proof of how hard of a fighter you are.
#copingstrategy
#thelightersideofmedicine
I was really lucky and the surgeons were super careful about scarring.
The first couple bikini seasons after my surgeries, I went and bought rub-on butterfly tattoos that would cover the stoma scar. This was a good #copingstrategy and definitely helped with my confidence at the lake.
A couple doctors offered to refer me to get my scars 'improved', but I didn't take it. I figure... This is where I came from - this is what I overcame - and I am so proud of who I have become in spite of (and because of) the illnesses that lead to those scars. So now I show them off proudly - and I am happy to say that over the last 8 years, I have been known to completely forget that I have them.
Scars may make people self-conscious.. Just remember that that's what you've gotten through. That's proof of how hard of a fighter you are.
#copingstrategy
#thelightersideofmedicine