I was able to continue with therapy, working my leg back to full strength. Well, for a little while, anyway . . . until the next major problem they found. As if a crushed leg and heart problem weren’t enough, nurses did a pap smear after my surgeries. What I thought was just going to be a routine screening drove me to fear when the results came back: signs of cervical cancer. One of the nurses told me that I would likely have to have my uterus removed, meaning, of course, that I would not be able to have any more children. I stared at her in stunned silence, then began to cry. All I can recall
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