Chapter 216

She looked up, once she heard a knock on the door and kept the book aside. In the mean time she had undressed herself and had put on the robe the nurse had given her. It was a new paper robe that she had pulled out from its cover. The door opened and she stepped in with a bright smile; she was about five-two, in a very high heel that added an extra inch to her height. She had a white coat on and a stethoscope around her neck with a pen and a folder in her hand with a bright red lipstick, not the right color for her, highlighting her lip lines and projecting her age. She had more than twenty years of experience in her field and she seemed to have the sense of empathy towards her patients, one of the reasons for the long wait in the waiting room and difficulty in getting an appointment. Carissa has always been able get an appointment at the last minute; they were always been able to squeeze her in the midst of busy schedule. Even though it had something to do with her profession it was more to do with her condition.

Dr.Sarah Shilome looked at her and asked her how she was doing. She looked at her hair and remarked that her hairstyle was pretty nice and it matched her natural color. Carissa ran her fingers through her hair and said "Only if they were natural" and gave a smile. Dr.Shilome asked her to get in position and proceeded to wash her hands, wear a glove and was ready to do a cervical examination. She kept the conversation going asking questions about her job and all over before she knew it. She proceeded to do a breast examination and Carissa unveiled her robe revealing her breasts, the left one was real and the right one, she had got it fixed right after her surgery few years back. This time she was here because she had some problems with her left one, that was detected when she was on one of her routine checkups, which she had postponed a couple of times due to her careers heavy demand. She was undergoing chemotherapy, but this time she had an abdominal pain and had made this appointment, she remembered the symptoms her mother had before she died which she had later learned to be cervical cancer.