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Gastroschisis

  • 08-08-2014 12:20am
    #1
    GuessWhoEh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 252 ✭✭


    I wanted to start a threat based on Gastroschisis or any form of deformation on the body.

    I was born with this condition and I've yet to meet, or known, anyone in Ireland, or Dublin that has the same condition.

    I was born in '92 with Gastroschisis. In lay mans terms, my bowls were outside my stomach which means I was given birth with my bowls on show, outside my stomach which led me to have no belly button in all my 22 years of life.


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  • #2
    nolo1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭nolo1


    My daughter was born in 2002 in Cork with this condition. Her bowels and liver were outside her body. She was wrapped in surgical clingfilm immediately (to prevent infection) and sent by ambulance to Our Lady's Hospital Crumlin where she was operated on the same day. She also has no bellybutton! She has a vertical scar running the full length of her body. Being a girl, it may become an issue as she gets older, but thankfully it doesn't bother her at the moment.


  • #3
    nolo1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭nolo1


    By the way, there are several Gastroschisis discussion groups on Facebook, if you're interested.


  • #4
    GuessWhoEh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 252 ✭✭GuessWhoEh


    The older I get the more paranoid I get about my scar. I barely get close enough to a guy because it means having to tell him about the scar and I'm pretty sure most guys would run a mile after seeing it.

    Have you taught about cosmetic surgery? Ive taught about it and it seems pointless. I'll still have a scar and no belly button at the end of it all


  • #5
    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    locum-motion, as always, constructive posts only. No grammar-nazi behaviour. Post deleted.


  • #6
    nolo1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭nolo1


    My daughter is only 12 and, to be honest, she is not worried about her scar at the moment. It is very neat and is almost the same colour as her tummy - just a little bit whiter. She has no problem wearing a bikini. Of course, all that could change when she hits her teens. I don't want her to have plastic surgery ever because her scar is so neat that she could be worse off if she interferes with it.

    I'm sorry that you are worried about your scar. If a guy is put off by a little thing like a scar which is part of who you are, then maybe he is not worth bothering with. There are a lot of good guys out there, you will find one who accepts you as you are.


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  • #7
    GuessWhoEh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 252 ✭✭GuessWhoEh


    I would never wear a bikini. Even when I was a kid I refused to wear one. I've zero confidence because of the scar and I know people will say that it's made me who I am and I should be thankful that in alive. There are worst of people out there and I understand that but it's the having no belly button part that upsets me severely.


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