The Diagnosis
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I was sitting at my desk, in the middle of a hectic day, when I got the call. When the doctor calls himself, bad news will follow. I always felt sorry for cancer victims and wondered how I would react. I got the chance.
When the receptionist told me Dr. Mark Bani was on the line, I thought, it must be his nurse. Then a sick feeling began in the pit of my stomach. I waited a full minute before picking up the line, and in those 60 seconds my entire life went through my head. I picked up the phone and could tell by the tone of Mark's voice, the biopsies were positive. "Listen Sue, we'll send you to the Cancer Center...