Even a benign tumor can knock you for a loop depending on where it’s located.
I knew I had cancer before the doc bothered to read the lab results. I can read it as well as He could. I happened to log into the patient portal and saw the labs.
Cancer free for 2 years now.
I wasn’t devastated and distraught, just matter of fact- “how do I beat this.” Being emotionally weak doesn’t help you.
I having sat through that with my wife…twice, my experience is there is no good way to hear it.
And when it’s serious, high risk cancer with crappy outcomes..,the conversation was clinical, direct, and matter of fact. They told us they needed to make sure we understood completely what she was dealing with.
And quite frankly, they could have done that with champagne and roses and it wouldn’t have made a bit of difference. The news is the news.
The Doc told me I had cancer before the anesthesia wore off.
I called him on it as I was still in happy land. Heard the words, but no emotional response or feeling about it.
When the surgeon told me I needed emergency surgery to live, I asked her to leave the room while I prayed about it. I was ready to die again. No problem.
My wife got upset and cslled the minister to come and convince me to have the surgery.
I was ready to die. Actually wanted to die again as twenty years earlier I had died of meningitis and went to Heaven. It was so wonderful, I missed it so much, I wanted to return.
That was over ten years ago and I’m still waiting to depart...
The boss upstairs sent me back and doesn’t want me to return yet, for some reason. He’s the boss. I miss Him.