neilisa.geo
sky's Cancer Blog
March 24, 2007
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I guess like many cancer patients/survivors, I have battle scars: A mastectomy took something that I always took for granted; a foot-long incision along my ribs and then some.
I’ve never been vain about my body but this disease has forced me to doubt myself, to struggle with feelings of self-consciousness and thoughts of my self-worth as a woman. Basically, I struggle with feeling like I’m damaged goods and that no man could ever want a body like this.
In case I didn’t mention it before, I’m single. I’ve never been married and I don’t have children. Until the cancer, I always thought that I had plenty of time for all of that. Boy was I wrong.
Fact is, I still desire all of that. It’s always been a dream that I thought would always be there whenever the right person came along. The thing is, I doubt the right person would recognize me now as his Miss Right.
HOPE is such a guileless four letter word. Despite my struggle with my self-worth, I still have hope. I still hope that I will meet that person who is meant to be mine, and meant to spend the rest of my life with. I still have hope that I can and will have children. I have hope that there is a happy ever after for someone like me…someone riddled with scars. Cancer hasn’t robbed me of that nor will it.
02.08.08 - 
Juliette Randall 
Cameron Bethuram 
MO 
Thanks for your support -
Glad you came in. We are here to help. We all need some where to come and just be ourselves. To talk about what ever we need to talk about, be Good or Bad.
“Need to take care of each other”
Love Sherri.
Think how fortunate you are. The man who falls in love with you will truly love you for yourself. And he’ll be a compassionate man who knows what’s important.
Hugs!
Karen
That should have said “We need to take care of each other”
LOL Hug Sherri