It's my turn to chime in here.. Why would ny of us feel funny ging out in public?? We are alive and kicking. THey can look at me all they want and it it is a stare or I think it is. I am going to walk over to them and let them know what I have been thru and am still going thru. We have done nothing to be ashamed of except gotten Oral Cancer. That is just part of lifes happenings and thta maybe they will look like this a few weeks or montrhs from now. I'm proud to be able to still run my mouth and if they don't want to listen, they can turn and walk away. Be Proud and not ashamed. If someone looks don their nose at you, it has to be becus their nose is too damn long to see the end of it.