Thread by @DrIbram

After Chadwick Boseman died from colon cancer last August, exactly 2 years after my own colon-cancer surgery, I plunged into a survivor’s guilt. I was surviving stage IV colon cancer. But I was scarred, physically and emotionally, and hiding my scars. 1/4
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We’re effectively taught to hide our scars. We’re taught that this hiding is masculine, when, in fact, it’s easy to hide. Cowardice hides. What takes courage is to be vulnerable, to bare our scars to the world. 2/4
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I decided to publicly reveal my scars. Other men were ready and willing to do the same. Thank you to these six courageous patients and survivors for their vulnerability. Thank you @GQ for sharing our stories and @DanaScruggs1 for the portraits. 3/4
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We remain when, heartbreakingly, so many do not. We remain to tell their stories and our own stories through our scars. We want to encourage other men and women battling colon cancer to fight on, to be vulnerable. We are with you. 4/4
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