How a Cancer Misdiagnosis Helped Me Face and Heal from Health Anxiety
âTrust yourself. Youâve survived a lot, and youâll survive whatever is coming.â ~Robert Tew
âI have bad news. I am sorry. You have cancer.â
Sitting in the cold, clinical doctorâs office on a snowy, cloudy January day in Chicago, I was six months postpartum with my daughter, and I felt like I had woken up in a nightmare.
My husband had gone to work that day when I was supposed to have my stitches removed after the laparoscopic surgery to remove a large cyst, so I was alone with my daughter.
When Dr. Foley entered the room, I took one …