The first brother M

• Second opinion appointment with Dr. DM, set-up by Dr. S's office

The Center for Advanced Medicine building at Big Barnes (BB) is quite intimidating. The big parking garage (that isn't free) and all the big glass windows and all the people. Holy cow, all the people. Once I've worked my way through it all and I get settled in his office, Dr. DM, who has a super reputation, is kind and smart and accommodating. He, like Dr. S, does not believe that it is a cancerous mass, and his recommendations are right along with the others. He offers his help, if there's anything else that he can ever do for me. I get the feeling that he's seen a lot of patients come and go but he's treated them all with respect and hope. "I'm going to call you in a week and you're going to tell me that it was not cancerous", he says to me. His confidence is reassuring.