Patientdoctorese

Martha was smiling wide, her cheeks practically ripping at the seams. Her doctor was grinning right back. There was no cancer, and her body was back on track.

It had been a hell of a scare. She had been feeling pain in her cervix, and there were other things that seemed off too. She'd gone to the doctor, and she remembered that day clearly.

"What's going on Martha?"

"I don't know. I have been experiencing this really sharp pain on the left side of my cervix off and on almost every day. And I'm so tired. I mean really tired. I am usually up by 7 a.m. sharp, every day, but lately, I've been sleeping until noon! And I haven't changed my bed schedule. I also have been falling asleep in the afternoon. That's just not like me. More so, the pain is what is concerning me, I've never felt pain like this. Not even on my period."

"Your patientdoctorese is amazing, and I have some ideas. Let's get you in for a vaginal ultrasound, I just want to make sure there isn't something going on there that shouldn't be. I'll prescribe something for the pain when you are experiencing it. I also want to do some bloodwork. There has to be a reason you're tired on top of this, and I want to see if they may be connected."

Because of that, they caught the tumor in time and fixed the problem. It was a very good day, indeed.