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Insulting and Judgmental Comments
Something I was not prepared for post breast reconstruction, are the judgmental comments the scar on my belly is attracting. I have been undergoing abdominal ultrasounds to try and figure out the ...
Hi @klf
I read your comments last night and they have been playing on my mind. I too have had several comments from well meaning friends, “ you’re so lucky you get a tummy tuck and new boobs at the end”. “You can buy a new wardrobe at the end of it”.
Funny, I don’t feel lucky to be going through a life changing traumatic (imo) experience of chemo, mastectomy and radiation. Like I’m going to be a new and improved woman at the end of it.
It really does make me angry, this is NOT a place any of us want to be and we have little choice, accept the treatment or suffer the consequences.
Wishing you well in your healing @klf.
I read your comments last night and they have been playing on my mind. I too have had several comments from well meaning friends, “ you’re so lucky you get a tummy tuck and new boobs at the end”. “You can buy a new wardrobe at the end of it”.
Funny, I don’t feel lucky to be going through a life changing traumatic (imo) experience of chemo, mastectomy and radiation. Like I’m going to be a new and improved woman at the end of it.
It really does make me angry, this is NOT a place any of us want to be and we have little choice, accept the treatment or suffer the consequences.
Wishing you well in your healing @klf.