Perspective: “My husband stands several steps behind me, understanding my turned bare back as a signal not to approach. He says simply, ‘Can I help?’”
I stand at the bathroom sink, gingerly attempting to inch my right arm away from my body. I want only to pass a moistened washcloth under my armpit. By eliminating the odor, I feel I will reclaim myself. But my right arm remains stubbornly pressed against my side; neither Percocet nor Vicodin dull the pain enough to allow such movement.My husband stands several steps behind me, understanding my turned bare back as a signal not to approach.
Upon leaving the office, my first call was to my husband. In our 20 years of marriage, we had been lucky, our partnership unchallenged by significant illness or disease. But now, together, down the rabbit hole we went.Our first visit was to a surgeon for another sonogram. As I watched the image appear on the screen, the doctor gently but clinically pointing out the shadowy fingers of a cell structure gone awry, my mind leaped backward.
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