I know I have talked a lot about my journey of Guillain-Barre, but I have not talked about the trach scar that is on my neck. I feel that it is time to tell my story of my scar but to also tell everyone that scars are okay.
No matter what kind of scar you have, whether the world is able to see it or nobody can see your scar, embrace it. If you have a mental scar, it is still a scar and that is something that even though it might hurt to talk about, it helps. It does not matter what you have been through that brought that scar into your life, it tells a story. That story can be about a time playing on the playground and you slipped and scrapped your knee. It is a story of a fun memory of a childhood. Or if your story if anything like mine, that you had to go through something traumatic.
Personally, my scar is visible for people to see. What caused my scar was a tube that got put into my neck to help me breathe and essentially saved my life. I was so scared of what people would think when they saw a tube in my neck, but I was even more concerned about what people would ask me about the scar. In the beginning I was worried that when people would talk to me that they wouldn’t look me in the eye that they would just stare at the big scar on my neck. Well I was wrong, some people don’t even notice my scar. Which don’t get me wrong, its nice that people will have a normal conversation with me but I also like to tell my story. I like to tell my story because then maybe when I say how proud I am of my scar, if they have a scar maybe I have inspired them in some way to embrace any of their scars.
The biggest thing I can hope for to anyone that reads this is that you embrace your scar, no matter what kind, shape, or where. We all have scars and it is time that we don’t be ashamed of that. It not only tells a story, it tells your story and I bet that there is someone out there that wants to hear your story.
