Bring a book

• Appointment with Dr. T

Hector, Laura, Sharon, and I all met at Siteman in the afternoon for what we had been warned might be a long wait. It's a busy time of the year with the holidays and when the nurse called to confirm my appointment a few days ago, she told me that I "might want to bring a book along to entertain myself." I explained to her that I was bringing my husband and two sisters and we'd likely keep ourselves entertained. (And I was right! I'm not sure that exam room has ever heard that much laughter.)

About an hour passed before we were called back to a room but soon after that Dr. T came in. Intelligent and soft-spoken, Dr. T went over the details of my history with us and talked about some additional testing that he would suggest. He agreed that right now would be a good time for surgery as I have tolerated treatment well and we have kicked the cancer back a bit (my words, not his exactly, I do love a good sports analogy). We discuss that I'll meet up with him about 2 weeks after surgery to see how we will proceed with treatment.