1-Chapter 6: June I June I1“You probably don’t have to worry much at this point.”The aging lead physician gave his diagnosis in his usual breezy tone.“From what I saw today, your condition has stabilized. You aren’t feeling any pain anymore, are you?”“No.”“Then there’s no problem with you going to school as normal.”Even his crisp delivery of this news couldn’t wipe away my anxiety completely.Still feeling fundamentally depressed, I took several deep breaths in front of the physician. Yeah, definitely no more ominous sensations in there. A slight difficulty breathing from the pain in my chest…a week earlier, the symptom had begun presenting again from time to time, but even that had vanished in the last two or three days.“So then my gym class…?”“Strenuous exercise is still out of the question. Let’s see how things are in a month. It may take longer.”“Okay.”“Just to be sure, I want you to come in again this weekend. If there don’t seem to be any changes, we’ll meet again in a month.”I nodded, then lifted my eyes to the calendar that hung on the wall of the exam room.
