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My 2020

By Denise B. Graves

January 2020 biopsy

What’s the verdict?

You have CANCER

We don’t have cancer in our family!

What’s next

GynOnc will call

March 4th Hysterectomy

Lymph node metastasis!

Covid-19 pandemic

CT Scan

Chemotherapy

You need to be EXTRA careful

Radiation Therapy

More Chemotherapy

Another CT Scan

November – You’re NED – for now

See you in three months


Denise Graves is a Research Assistant at UAMS and has dabbled in poetry from time to time.

Posted on October 5, 2021

Filed Under: 4 - 55 Words

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