Hi everyone, I posted this in the bowel cancer forum but figured it was just as (possibly more) relevant here. I wondered if anyone felt the same about body acceptance - I'm still struggling with this as a result of BC. I'm so grateful to be alive right now but I look at my scars and my body generally and I don't recognise who I am... particularly my big old liver resection scar. I know people will say it's what kept me alive and I should be grateful and I am, I promise! But denying how I feel isn't helping me so I wondered if anyone felt the same? If so how did you come to terms with it? I feel like it's taking over my life and that's so unhealthy. Thank you 
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Hi Bobbie, I'm Tony one of the Community Champions, I haven't had the type of cancer you have had but my Laryngectomy operation - removal of my voice box and having to have a stoma in place of my adams apple means my visual apearance has changed, whilst I don't worry about it as you say we are 'alive' hwever I do understand how we can be effected, the following audiobook may help you
Hopefully you will get used to things,
Take care
Tony
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