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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Deanna</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your body is beautiful because it is strong and has
defeated a dread invasion. I hope you are proud of it for those
reasons. I expect that you've become sensitive to the gasps or
little silences that happen and I'm sorry that you have to endure them but, in
the long run, you have triumphed in the battle that led to your
mastecomies, and showering in an open washroom is another triumph. I
salute you.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Karen</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 22, 2003 11:41
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: On to towells!</DIV>
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<DIV>I think my mistake was that I got the smallest towell.</DIV>
<DIV>Yes, my sarongs each weigh too much to think about. When I ran into
bathrooms with no shower doors, I was lucky enough to be able to get into the
last shower stall, and I figured people wouldn't look at me on purpose. It was
an experience requiring some courage, however, since I have had two
mastectomies and my body is a bit horrific on top! </DIV>
<DIV>Deanna<BR><BR><B><I>Maura Santangelo
<maurasantangeloaSTNY.RR.COM></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Deanna,<BR><BR>If
it's any help, I ended up mailing my sarong back and kept the towel.<BR>All
the showers had curtains or doors while I was on the walk,<BR>apparently
this was not always the case, so the sarong made sense as it<BR>could double
as a shower curtain. Some women also used it as a curtain<BR>in the bunks
for privacy. As for towels, do get the larger of the<BR>chamois
towels.<BR><BR>Maura<BR>On Sunday, December 21, 2003, at 09:15 PM, Lydia
Banales wrote:<BR><BR>> Galen, it's a girl thing. Of course guys don't
care.<BR>> Deanna, I've heard someone on the list who took a sarong-type
garment<BR>> which had a multitude of uses on the camino and weighed very
little.<BR>> Lydia</BLOCKQUOTE>
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