When I had my thymectomy in 2005, my nurse had mg also and had her thymectomy 15 years before - her scar was a thin silver line which I wouldn't have noticed if she hadn't told me. She was in remission so she was able to work and live a fairly normal life. It gave me hope. My scar is much less noticable than it was right after the surgery, but I don't worry about it, because I have discovered, MOST PEOPLE DON'T LOOK AT YOU THAT CLOSELY!

I did an experiment a few years ago. For about a year, I wore different earrings in each ear. I have short hair, so they should have been noticable. Sometimes, I wore a button earring in one year and a dangler in the other; gold in one, silver in the other, bold in one and nothing in the other. I worked in an office at the time and ate out a lot so I saw a lot of people. In that year, only 2 people ever asked me about it! Even my sister-in-law never asked, and believe me, if she had noticed, she would have!

So, don't be too self-conscious. You are a lot more aware of your scar than other people are. The only person who has asked about my scar was my a/c repairman who had heart surgery about 6 months before and assumed my scar was from a similiar surgery. I simply told him I had a thymectomy and my heart was fine. That was that.

Good luck!