Resolve your sense of profound loss and separation from yourself and heal the inner scars of cancer. Rediscover your sense of femininity or masculinity and improve your intimate relationships. Embrace your future feeling confident and self assured and rediscover the desirable you.

The twists of a cancer formed body image

The effects of Cancer upon your body image and your self image can be significant. Diagnosis can shift the way you perceive yourself. Prior to Cancer you may have considered yourself “healthy and fit”, but now the perception might be “diseased” or “defective”.

The negative perceptions of you as a “whole person” can be further reinforced by surgeries and procedures that alter your outward appearance.

Before Cancer, you may have never considered the concept of body image, or you may have been self assured in your appearance. With the onset of Cancer, you may lose your self confidence. If you had a poor body image before the diagnosis, then Cancer may make a bad situation a lot worse. (Read our other pages onbody image).

The physical manifestations of various Cancer treatments can take their toll. You may isolate yourself socially for the fear of the response that you may receive. You may not want peoples’ pity or the awkward looks and the difficult conversations that would leave you feeling vulnerable.

Your body image may well affect your intimate relationships, particularly if you have had surgery on the organs that affect your gender perception. These types of surgeries can profoundly affect the quality of your life.

With organ loss, time is not always “a great healer”

Many cancer patients struggle with adapting to their new body image. Surgery does not have to be drastic to leave you feeling violated and embarrassed by your body.

Sometimes, the mere thought that your body has been “invaded” is enough to alter how you see yourself.

The loss of external organs can leave you with a profound sense of bereavement. The overwhelming sense of loss and grief, coupled with the sense of shock and disgust at your “new body”, can leave you feeling isolated and separated from yourself.

People sometimes say “give it time, you’ll get used to it”, but many do not. Many people carry the emotional scars of organ loss for a lifetime, never regaining the quality of life they want, need and desire.

Feel comfortable in your own skin. Break free from the prison of your current body image and embrace your future feeling confident and self assured. Find out how by visiting ourconsulting website, orcontact ustoday to book your consultation.

When reconstructive surgery isn’t the answer

In a recent study of women with Breast Cancer who had chosen breast conserving surgery instead of Mastectomy, one third of the women reported pronounced asymmetry between their breasts. The perceived disfigurement greatly affected their quality of life after treatment.

The researchers reported that, compared to women with little or no breast asymmetry, women with significant breast asymmetry were twice as likely to fear their Cancer recurring and to have symptoms of depression.

These women were also likely to perceive themselves as less healthy and to feel stigmatised by their Breast Cancer treatmentclick here. But even if reconstruction surgery following mastectomy results in an aesthetically pleasing outcome, some emotional and psychological issues may still remain.

Addressing the body image issue is paramount to regaining a good quality of life.

Men suffer from body image issues too

Whilst much research has been undertaken on women’s feelings related to the loss of their breasts to Cancer, very little work has been undertaken that focuses on body image issues affecting men with male specific Cancers.

Men may view the removal of their Testicles as a castration, potentially affecting their masculinity, self worth and ability to father children. These men might also be embarrassed to discuss issues regarding their sexuality and their genitalia.

Results of a national clinical trial have suggested that a Testes implant can provide a degree of improvement and a sense of wellbeing for patientsclick here.

Body image issues are not limited to cancers in sexual organs. It is often the case that men suffer their issues in silence, not being able to find solutions that work for them. Men and women are stressed by different aspects and react to stress differently, a fact backed up with much scientific evidence.

The majority of therapies are better tailored to helping women than men, as they heavily rely on emotional expression, which is often not what many men are looking for.

If you are a male cancer patient looking for pragmatic solutions, our integrative approach is well designed to help you . Find out how by visiting ourconsulting website, orcontact ustoday to book your consultation.

When the knife cuts deeper than tissue alone

In surgeries affecting gender related organs, the sexual function itself may not be affected at all, but the body image and self esteem most definitely are.

The reconstructive surgeries go some way to improving how you feel, but the blow that Cancer has dealt you has a much greater impact upon your perceived self image.

The issues that you experience can go much deeper than reconstructive surgery alone can address.

The issues surrounding a negative body image are common amongst Cancer patients with all kinds of Cancer, for most of whom there are no corrective aesthetic surgeries or treatments. You may feel the affects and sense the deeper scars even when there are no outwardly visible signs. (Read our other pages on bodybody image).

Harness the strength from within. Create your own reality that is a mirror of your true confident self. Find out how by visiting ourconsulting website, orcontact ustoday to book your consultation.

Change your life today … Live, don’t just survive

At The Naked Gene Juggler, we understand that cancer surgery can come with a heavy emotional, psychological and mental price.

We believe that in order to move forwards in your cancer journey and have an improved quality of life, the issues, traumas, negative thoughts and anxieties that cancer surgery, organ loss and the resultant distorted self image that these create, need to be resolved.

The sooner you deal with these issues, the sooner you can get on with your life.

Take the opportunity to be the director of your own life

Find out how you can…

• Overcome your sense of loss and grief at losing a part of you to cancer

• Overcome your feelings of disgust and revulsion at your post cancer surgery body and your sense of profound loss and separation from yourself

• Experience true freedom of mind and body. Rediscover the desirable you and re-form your relationships, starting with the one with yourself

• Rediscover your confidence and self esteem and rebuild a positive body image after your cancer treatment and surgery

• Resolve your cancer surgery issues surrounding feeling feminine or masculine and improve your intimate relationships and the overall quality of your life

• Heal the deeper scars of your cancer surgery. Resolve the emotional, psychological and mental aspects of your cancer surgery that reconstructive surgery alone cannot address

• Embrace your future feeling confident and self assured and rediscover the desirable you

• Men also suffer from body image issues after cancer surgery. If you are a male cancer patient; don’t suffer in silence. Our pragmatic and integrative approach is well designed to help you

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