Being prayerful and positive pays. From a diagnosis of third level, possible benign or malignant growth in my breasts, my recent check up showed I am clear. The doctor said I will be promoted to number 1…..Cheers!!!
The night before my check up, I was, however, uneasy. Who would not when my earlier medical reports showed some uncertainties? And on that same night, I had a strange dream, talking to my estranged father in my sleep. I remember asking him, “didn’t you take all my sickness with you when you died?” Seeing him alive in my dream woke me up and kept me awake the whole night. The dream was significant because it was the first time I dreamt of him and it came on the time of my check up. Why did he suddenly show up? I was two years old when he and my mom separated. I grew up without knowing him. The only memory I had with him was when we played Scrabble during our first meeting, I’ve beaten him several times; he was beaming and teary-eyed as he said with pride,“that’s my daughter.” I was introduced to him when I was 13 years old and it took several years when we met again, during his confinement following his colon operation (part of his infected colon was cut and replaced by rubber). Our last meeting was by his death-bed when he requested all of us, his children, to be present before he took his last breath. Scary but I believe that he came to calm me down and provide his moral support, to assure me that everything will be okay. And true enough, I am declared clear. Now I only have to go through the scanning machine after 18 months unlike my previous diagnosis that require me to have check up every six months. I will also have a longer respite from the hands of the male doctors who, unfortunately on my part, conducted the physical examinations. To a longer and productive life……Cheers!!!!!
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