Hi Tracey,

I just had my thymectomy 2 months ago and I totally understand what you mean. On the one hand, we lived through something very difficult and can be proud of living through a major major surgery but on the other hand it's just that no one really understands without a whole lot of explaining. And that is hard--not to mention the feelings it brings up. For me, it's not embarrassing but there is so much sadness and medical trauma that I've been through it's hard to talk about without crying. So, sometimes I cover it up and sometimes I don't and when I don't, I just try not to watch people checking me out. But I am new to this and maybe after a while, I will change my mind again....

debra