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Submitted to Contest #240
The letter from my oncologist said, “Her cancer is not curable and there is a significant possibility she could die from her cancer or related complications within the next 6 months.” That’s what I was reflecting on when the nurse approached me in the waiting room asking me to follow her. You see, I’d sought a second opinion and the new oncologist approved the chemotherapy orders for today’s infusion. I've got a new oncologist, a new cancer center, and a new nurse. I was scared. The nurse led me through the tiled white floors, under the brig...
Submitted to Contest #238
What I would define now as being blessed, is what I considered then a natural response to my greatness. I mean an attractive, extroverted female of 19 was all but great to anyone she came across, right? Any self-centered 19 yr old would tell you the same.Early evening, I’d arrived upon my brothers’ doorstep. I’d packed up from where I lived in L.A. I left my job as an AT&T long distance operator as a result of dating the men with whom I was connecting person to person calls. In giving out my telephone number, I was led through adventures...
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