The news no one should ever get.
Cancer.
There, I’ve said it, and I can’t pretend that’s not what I just heard from my doctor. That word simply is very hard to say out loud. I feel like if I don’t give voice to the word, it would simply sneak back into the corner where it should stay. Cowboy up, Guyle.
Dr. Woolf called me today and told me the results from the needle biopsy were conclusive for squamous cell carcinoma. I just about fell out of my chair for about 2 seconds when I heard that. Felt a little like I was dreaming it. So now he wants me to come back to the office for a more formal biopsy.
I had to tell Denise just after I got off the phone. It’s so surreal to have to tell her, the Doctor says I have cancer. I guess I said it a little too casually. “Don’t even kid about that, dont!”, she tells me. I’m not kidding. Tears. For both of us. Just for maybe a few minutes though, before we both gird ourselves and start talking about … the road ahead.
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