Before someone starts to worry, or look for a punch line: My sister had colon cancer. Fortunately, it was easily handled with minor surgery, and now shows to be completely clear. I saw the original scope images, and never even considered anything worse than that. OK then, when she told me all I could think was possible medical and surgical scenarios. I know that what I told her, including descriptions of the most common procedures, calmed her by taking the fear of the unknown away. However, I felt no more emotional attachment than I did for the patients I worked on in surgery in the past. Now that I know that she's doing well, it is really bothering me that I stayed so calm, even when alone. I feel like the normal response would be to get upset, angry... something. Any thoughts?
2007-08-10
17:50:42
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Enigma®Ragnarökin'
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Psychology