The Waiting Room
(June 2, 2014) I was in a waiting room today. Waiting for a pre-op appointment for a procedure I’m having this coming Friday – a biopsy on a soft tissue mass along my spine. I drew this picture. I’m not much of an artist (that’s being kind to me). I had an appointment with my family doctor this morning and this other appointment in the afternoon, so I took the day off. But I’m working anyway. I can’t not work because it piles up and then I have twice as much the next day. The family doctor is nice, but, admittedly, she doesn’t know much about follicular lymphoma or soft tissue masses. She’s not an oncologist. She suggested they might want to remove my affected lymph nodes. I told her I don’t think that’s how it works with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She said she prays that the growth in my back is benign. She asked how I’m doing emotionally. And if I had people I could talk to. Like a pastor. The answers ar...