- The pain will go away on its own; it’s only been ten months.
- It only hurts when I get dressed. I don’t need to get dressed.
- As long as it hurts, I don’t have to mop the kitchen floor.
- The office schedules only by phone. The phone triggers memories of collection agencies calling to threaten me about my student loan.
- The scheduling assistant will ask how I injured myself. She’ll call me a wimp when I say yoga.
- If I wait two more weeks I’ll be able to say, “Yes. I’ve been icing the sore spot.”
- My doctor’s-appointment outfit needs to be washed.
- My car’s out of gas.
- I’ll get lost in the parking garage.
- The office will charge $75.00 co-pay. I'll have to call an 800 number, because the plan booklet said the co-pay was zero.
- The nurse will weigh me. I’ll no longer be able to live in denial.
- The doctor is a man. Men I’m not sleeping with are not allowed to touch my body.