Beautiful Scar

“There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.” - Harry Crews, American Writer & Novelist

Not sure I'd class my scar as beautiful just yet...but I think that quote is wonderful!

And here are my updated scar pics, taken on Tuesday, 15 days after my thyroidectomy:




The red marks around the chest drain hole are just where the dressing plaster has been sitting. The swelling has gone down significantly, and my husband is no longer making jokes about my surgeon mistakenly leaving his mobile phone in there!