The visit with my family doctor

This doctor's appointment wasn't because of Breast Cancer. It was actually a follow up from a previous visit. Guess what the previous visit appointment was for? Stress. I was so stressed with life. I wanted a family desperately. Our adoption plan was just creeping along, and we hadn't had a placement call for foster parenting yet. My sister-in-law just announced their pregnancy and it seemed like everyone around me was moving forward with happy lives, with babies showing up everywhere! Yeah, Ha. I thought my life was stressful then?! Wow! Now I really had something to be stressed and depressed about. This was something my family doctor knew all too much about. She too wanted children, but had none. Adoption was difficult , almost impossible when she was younger. She understood my pain. She also understood my fear of my breast cancer news. Her mother and and aunt died from breast cancer many years ago. This evil thing, breast cancer, effects so many lives.

Anyway, I was fortunate to have a caring and understanding doctor. She was super supportive! Anyone that gets diagnosed with cancer goes through the fear that it MUST be through their entire body! I was at the point. Every ache and pain I thought must be cancer growing and taking over my body. I didn't know enough about where my cancer was. Was it ONLY in my breast? Did it travel elsewhere? What kind was it? Aggressive? Slow growing? I had no clue. My doc understood this. My ribcage hurt at times, which I always assumed it was because of that stupid pulled muscle! Now. Well, now, I was fearing the worst. My doctor tried to assure me, it probably WAS just part of the pulled muscle issue, but hey, that's what I thought it was before! Yeah, right. Guess what it turned out to be? Breast Cancer. So, she did what she could to help, and what she could do to try to ease my mind. She sent me for chest x-rays. That would at least be able to tell me if I any "unusual" growths or something .

My visit ended with a big hug, and she told me if I needed anything to call her anytime. That's a good doctor. I was glad to have her on my team.