When I’m asked “what’s wrong with your belly button” I feel ..
Added 2023-06-20 14:22:58 +0000 UTCWhen I’m asked “what’s wrong with your belly button” I feel like a freak. I know it’s curiosity on their part but for me it feels the same. I don’t get mad at them but it does make me reflect on myself. So, what’s wrong with my belly button? It needed to be repaired after I had my two babes. I was such a large woman on a small frame, and then I got pregnant on top of that and I got up to 240lbs (small part due to being on bed rest and hospitalized from a placental abruption with my second). My body couldn’t handle it so my belly button was just trashed. After I gave birth I lost 50lbs on my own (how I did this is a while other story!) and got a tummy tuck with diastasis rectii repair and belly button reconstruction. I spent the next year after that losing another 50lbs (I’m down 100lbs with diet and exercise) and that brings me to today. You won’t be seeing much of me again because I have a final surgery to hopefully ‘look somewhat normal’ since my scars healed weird and I can maybe stop thinking about all those years I neglected my temple and beating myself up for wasting 30 years of my life being unhappy with myself. Because that’s all I see when I look at those scars or have to answer the questions of “what’s wrong with your body” ❤️ I hope everyone thinks of me today around noon because I’m ***scared*** and I don’t have anyone in this world to lean on emotionally anymore. It’s just me supporting me these days
