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Today was the day I would see my former gynecologist; former, only because she opened her own practice 25 miles away from my house. She was the woman whom I first told that I hadn't menstruated in over two years. She was very thorough with testing; she...

The body news shifted life views.
A week after I was told I had nothing to create life and not much to sustain it – one of my former roommates, M, had children – twins.
I prefer to personally choose gifts and wrap them, pick out the cards and handwrite them. And if the recipient lives close, why not walk it over and hand it to the doorman rather than wait on line at the post office?...

Two weeks later: the day of the results appointment.
Since results are only given in person, I was trekking back to P-town. I thought, because this would be a quick conversation, that my wait would be shorter. I waited an hour and 40 minutes for what would be 10 minutes with the doctor. The last 40 minutes...

When I left Dr. M's office, I was happy but still sick, exhausted. I think I slept until work the next day — and it would be our last day few days of work. Everyone now knew that the novel Coronavirus was in our country — everyone knew nothing, really...