When you’re down and out after having been sick for what feels like forever, kind words from your doctor can make all the difference. At this point, I’d been sick for a year and a half, and I’d been really sick for about 6 months. I couldn’t exercise, do yoga, meditate, or drink, and even though the weekend I spent house sitting was great, it was only a temporary escape. I was starting to feel like I couldn’t handle any of this anymore.
Good physicians understand that care is about more than just medicine. They get that sometimes patients need validation, support, and sympathy. They can step out of a clinical role and be human. I’d never had a doctor apologize for not being able to heal me before, and that level of compassion and humanity meant the world to me. Knowing that they cared kept me going. It was probably a dangerous thing for them to risk that honesty, but I will always be grateful for it.
I am lucky to have such excellent caregivers.
This one made me smile, Dan. We all need a bit of love ❤️. I see the big boys this week (oncologist) for my 3 month poke-n-prod. Perhaps I’ll find some compassion too from my arrogant Spaniard 🙃 Keep hope!