Stranger Than Most

by SUSAN LAUTZ, LPC

 

When my second cancer surgery took a turn for the worse I realized just how little control I have over my life My four-day hospital stay turned into nine. I was at the mercy of an endless parade of “medical personnel” who were all giving me shots, pumping me full of fluids and handing me pills, none of which I could identify. I was too weak and in too much pain to question any of it.