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Originally Posted by Blueberrybook
Gloomy day here. I didn't sleep very well last night. Tried a nap, but I couldn't fall asleep.
Did run, beat the rain though I got a little damp on the home stretch. Felt better being able to exercise. Weight is down a bit today, but I think I am dehydrated. See the pdoc on Wed., need to get hydrated again. See the T tomorrow, but this week feels weird with both H and my daughter home. Today feels like Sat. or Sun. (H is a teacher, so he is off this week along with the students.)
Stupid me keeps obsessing over my body. I have a skinny distrance runner's physique now, very compact. Thighs too big, but well, I run.
Still hating the ulcer surgery scar on my abdomen (belly button & up around 4 inches) from Feb. I swear, you can still see where those stupid staples went in. Most of the scar is healing good, though there is a dark pink spot taking it's time. I see gastro-doc next month. Gastro doc and trauma surgeons seem super pleased with this surgery. I had muscle where they normally would have taken fat for the surgery (I had started running, maybe a month or so), and they had to take the fat from another place, changing other parts of the surgery a bit. I don't doubt they have collaborated and written it up for a journal, from off-hand comments I heard. It's not like they need my permission, they just call me female, age 40, etc. Stupid scar.
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I'm sorry you're so bothered by the scar.

I have a great number of scars, but most of them don't trouble me much.
I do find silicone sheets for scars, available otc, are good for raised scars, and moisurizing lotion with vitamin E is good in general. Most other otc scar treatments are just sunscreen, and its usually more cost effective to just buy sunscreen.
FYI i also had a perforated ulcer in 2009. I don't tend tend to be too bothered by surgical scars, but i can understand their being upsetting to others.