bravenewlinda

love my scar (read all 5 entries…)
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i have a long long scar on my back. starts right below my neck and goes straight down to the small of my back. besides being a little flat chested, i think it’s the only thing i have a hard time accepting when it comes to loving my body. i’ve always swam with a tshirt over my bathing suit. this weekend was the first time since my surgery (12 y/o – am now almost 22) I’ve went without a tshirt in my bikini. i also have cut my long hair and have bared the top part of my scar off and on throughout the summer due to low backed tops.

whew. it’s hard.
but I’m doing it anyway.

Jul 04, 2005, 12:53AM PDT | 5 cheers


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Eric Hodel

I wish I had a cool scar like that. My only surgery scar has faded quite a bit over the past 11 years.

Jul 04, 2005, 12:59AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

bravenewlinda

i wish i thought it was cool :) working on it.

Jul 04, 2005, 01:02AM PDT | Respond to this

Scottie Smith is admiring the look of 43T.

The trick is having a quirky story go go with it. ;) I have a huge scar on my leg that has always made me uncomfortable, it became a lot easier for me to bear when I started telling people that a serial killer was attempting to get at me but slipped on a sock and gouged my leg instead, falling on the kitchen floor knocking him unconscious, and making me a celebrity for a few weeks for the capture of a notorious criminal.

Good luck with the goal though! From the looks I doubt anyone even notices the scar with that high-beam smile flashing at them. :)

Jul 04, 2005, 02:46AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

Eric Hodel

I second this!

A fellow wrestler from high school has a scar at the base of his neck from getting the staph virus, which he contracted around Thanksgiving before the team left for Hawaii over Christmas break.

When he got back one of the office workers asked him how he got it, and he told her that while they were in Hawaii a shark attacked him.

Jul 04, 2005, 10:41AM PDT | Respond to this

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Aug 01, 2005, 02:02AM PDT

bravenewlinda

Hi Nik. Thanks for the supporting words of encouragement.

Ha! Skinny-dipping. I didn’t even think of it as 2 birds with one stone.

Aug 01, 2005, 09:41AM PDT | Respond to this

x___ashley

I think it’s actually cool. If you still don’t like it you could always get a tattoo to cover it up.

Aug 19, 2005, 04:22PM PDT | Respond to this

x___ashley

That is if you can get a tattoo over it.

Aug 19, 2005, 04:24PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

bravenewlinda

thanks!

and about the tattoo. that would be one big tattoo!

Aug 21, 2005, 10:00PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

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Aug 27, 2005, 09:51AM PDT

Malc

Shark story

I got few scars on right leg, 25 lots of surgery, skin grafts etc n also used the shark story.

From a medical point of view if u rub with oil gently it goes help both break down the scar tissue.

From another point of view, you got a fab smile and write so well. Thats the person I saw and I suspect most people see.

I also think you very brave to face up to this one !!

Oct 30, 2005, 09:43AM PST | Thread | Respond to this

bravenewlinda

This is just a guess, but was it a bike accident? I have a lot of friends with one leg injuries that usually involve bikes…

Thanks, Malc. :)

Oct 31, 2005, 08:34AM PST | Thread | Respond to this

Malc

Guess Again ??

No it was originally soccer but made such a mess of it that hospital thought it a bike. The few years back someone decided to ram the back of my car while I was sitting at lights minding my own business. Result … same leg crushed under dashboard !

But they have rebuilt me and I can do most things apart from run round that damm lake (see my goals).

Anyway ta for you comment and keep smiling.

Oct 31, 2005, 08:57AM PST | Respond to this

SJ is luminous

Woah

This looks almost EXACTLY like the scar I have on my back.

Did you have a spinal fusion?

Jul 23, 2006, 08:08PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

bravenewlinda

being as I was 12, I don’t think I ever knew the name of my operation.

in layman’s lingo: i had a rod put in my back to prevent the curve in my spine from growing.

Jul 24, 2006, 09:22AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

SJ is luminous

That’s basically what I had done also, except I have 2 rods. It’s called a posterior spinal fusion. I had mine done at 15, so it’s been almost 11 years now. The scar is still pretty obvious though.

Jul 24, 2006, 09:55AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

bravenewlinda

mine's

pretty obvious too. It’s been 11 years for me too. The lower half of it is less so. I think it’s because it endured little stretching with my movements when I just had it done. I had disolvable stitches put in and was mainly just taped shut, so there was a lot of stretching on the top part.

Did you have scoliosis?

Jul 24, 2006, 11:23AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

SJ is luminous

Sure Did

It was kind of awesome because I grew 1.5 inches in one day when they straightened me out. How many people can say that?

Jul 24, 2006, 12:45PM PDT | Respond to this

flowerchica

i’m going to be having this surgery in june, so i’m a little scared. especially about the scarring and going to college right after it’s done. how long was your recovery time?

Mar 24, 2007, 11:08AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

bravenewlinda

dear, i had it in the summer .. i think in june and went back to school in august. i spent 5 days and nights in the hospital and can’t remember how much longer it took me to feel 100 percent. no crazy lifting that’s all.

you’ll do fine :)

Mar 24, 2007, 03:56PM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

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Jan 07, 2007, 04:11PM PST


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