The Path Back Is Long Forgotten
Language: en
In the third year after my brain tumor diagnosis, my attending physician was my wife. An hour before my surgery, Dr. Claire Sterling suddenly pulled my anesthesiologist and lead surgeon. Her first love, Julian, who suffered from depression, was having an appendicitis attack and was threatening to kill himself. "Julian is psychologically fragile, his surgery has to be flawless. What's the big deal if you just accommodate him?" "You're a man. Can't you handle a little pain?" She wheeled my ventilator to her ex-lover's room, leaving me to sweat through waves of agony in the hallway. Watching…