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 Self-Esteem on CPD
 
 06/08/2010 15:06:08
Belle
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Self-Esteem on CPD
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I've been on CDP for 18 months now, and find the treatment really easy, like everyone else I have days when I feel fantastic and days when I feel really yuk, tired and nausiated. So you take the good with the bad. What I've been really struggling with is social interaction. I'm a single mum in my late forties who did have a great social life and I was really outgoing and flirty. Now though, I never go out and the thought of having someone see me in an intimate setting is so stressful that I can't even imagine it anymore. I feel like a "factory-second" person, and who would want that when you could get a bright shiney perfectly new model to play with? Does anyone else feel like this? What do you do?

 07/08/2010 15:08:11
LS
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Re: Self-Esteem on CPD
 (N/A)
Hi Belle,
I sympathise with you. I'm a mum in my late forties too so I truly understand. I was on CPD for 18 months before I had a transplant. Read my reply on the Transplant Thread. Yes, it was difficult with the socialising scene but guess what, most people who really care about you don't see anything different about the way we look ie tubes and all. I found wearing tight clothes a nuisance and was constantly asking my daughter if she can see the tubes and all showing through etc. In the end, we have the power to move ahead and not worry about what others think of how we look. Stay positive and feel strong and you will look great - inside and out!
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