Hematologist Follow-up

Another doctor’s office. The same sterile scent and antiseptic odor in the exam room. Light-wood paneling, natural setting, photos on the wall, white Formica countertops.

All to find out if my medication has begun to kill me.

smiling nurse –
the back of her neck
shows a tattoo

first published in Image Curve, January 10, 2019

Photo by rawpixel

for dVerse Poets’ OLN #235 (pubtended by Grace)

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20 responses to “Hematologist Follow-up”

Grace

January 10, 2019

I hope not Frank. Hope the results are not that bad.

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  January 11, 2019
  
  Thanks, Grace. No worries! Like many of my haibun published in Image Curve, I wrote this one a few years ago. I made it! 😆
  
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  1. revivedwriter
    
    January 11, 2019
    
    That’s good to hear, Frank. I was about to ask if I should pray for you.
    
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Arcadia Maria

January 10, 2019

And this is why I loathed doctor appointments. Hope all goes well Frank.

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  January 11, 2019
  
  All is well, Arcadia. Thank you! 😀
  
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rothpoetry

January 10, 2019

Love it Frank… Sad but true… Nurse with a tattoo… The story of our time.

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  January 11, 2019
  
  😆 thanks, Dwight!
  
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rob kistner

January 10, 2019

Hope the meds are helping, not hurting. I take 14 different pills, and 3-4 syringes a day – do my doctors and endocrinologists run me through the monrhly gauntlet of tests and blood screens. But remember dude, without the meds, we’re screwed!

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  January 11, 2019
  
  So true. I set up morning and evening pill containers each week for all the meds I’m on! 😆
  
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Reena Saxena

January 10, 2019

I’m curious about the tattoo 🙂

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  January 11, 2019
  
  😆
  
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msjadeli

January 11, 2019

a necessary evil at times, but too often a perpetuation of it.

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sanaarizvi

January 11, 2019

I m hoping for good news here regarding the medication. ❤ The mention of the tattoo intrigues me and makes me want to know more about that nurse! 😊

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  January 11, 2019
  
  All is well, Sanaa. Even though I write in the present tense, the situation occurred a few years ago. Thanks! 😀
  
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whippetwisdom

January 11, 2019

Glad to read in the comments that all is well Frank. I love the glimpse of another part of the nurse’s life through her tattoo 🙂

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merrildsmith

January 12, 2019

I was going to write that we were both visiting doctors this week and having blood drawn, but I see in above comments that this was from a few years ago. I’m glad all is well. Like whippetwisdom I liked the description of the nurse.

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Ali Grimshaw

January 12, 2019

Yes, there is that certain smell that comes with exam rooms. It isn’t a good memory.
I like the ending of this. Glad it all worked out.

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  January 13, 2019
  
  Thanks! 😀
  
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Angela

January 13, 2019

Wow, I’m glad you found out and made whatever change was necessary. Nice haibun, Frank.

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Jane Dougherty

January 13, 2019

The haibun is chilling, so I’m glad it’s no longer hanging over you.

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