Thursday, January 16, 2014

Clean Bill of Health

I show up for my annual physical and am pronounced healthy.

This is the first page of so many cancer stories.

Weight: 161.8 lbs.

Blood pressure: 120/70

Temperature: 98.1

Oxygen in blood: 96%

Dr. Wolford does a breast exam and reminds me to get my annual mammogram.

She suggests getting the vaccination against shingles: Zostavax - $245.

Blood samples are taken to check on things like whether I might be developing late-onset diabetes.

No big deal--just another annual physical--but actually I have cancer in my left breast, and it's been growing for about a year.

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