@PeggyMitchellsCameo I hope it goes really well! I’m with you on the fear, the mobility issues and the bright lights - I think you handled it awesomely! Hopefully today will go much, much more smoothly for you.
@Imbluedalale I am so sorry that your horrible ex has made you feel that way about your scars. They’re just part of your story, and show the battles you’ve fought. I have three scars on my left hand - a long jagged one that goes all the way up my thumb, a round one on the back, and a small one on the inner wrist, all from where I fell through a glass door as a child (maybe 7 years old?). The hospital were really bad and took the stitches out early so the ones on my thumb and back of my hand are really noticeable - you can even still see the stitch marks 30 years later!
Now I don’t gamble, but as the phrase goes I’m willing to bet that knowing that, or even seeing it, wouldn’t make you think I was less than you thought of me yesterday. You’d care what happened and be sad for the pain, but the scars would just be part of me and my story. So treat yourself as you would everyone else my lovely; you are just as precious and beautiful no matter how many scars you have or may get in the future!
Sometimes scars can even be very precious - for about 5 years I had a small white scar visible on my hand where my old dog accidentally caught it with his claw - didn’t even break the skin, but scarred. And you know what? When it faded about three years after my darling boy passed way I cried - fully cried - I didn’t want it to fade! I literally have tears in my eyes typing this. So let those scars be triumphant memories of your victories, poignant reminders of your struggle, or even part of a special memory, but never think they make you less!
I’ll get down off my soapbox now and say I hope today goes well for everyone, but especially you two!