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was sure it was nothing but they needed to be sure.  The additional tests took an hour or so and she was at work pretty much by her normal arrival time so there were no issues.
                  The doctor explained the anemia could be as something as simple as not enough iron in her diet or something simple like that and she shouldn’t worry.  A few days later she was left a voice mail to call the doctor back with regards to her recent tests.  When she called back she was told she needed to make another appointment, the sooner the better they said, it sounded a bit more urgent this time.  She was able to get into the doctor’s office after work that day when she arrived she was hurried into his office where she waited patiently for him to arrive.
                  The doctor came into his office while looking at her test results; he sat down while still reading them and then set the file down on the desk.
                  “Hi Mel, how was your day?” the doctor attempting to make small talk.
                  “Well it was going fine until I got the call to come back in, what’s going on?”
                  “Mel, Mrs. Clayton your anemia is a somewhat more involved than we thought.” The doctor went on to explain what all of the tests found and what they meant or potentially meant.  The test results are pointing to Cancer he told her, what type and how far he didn’t really know but they were going to refer her to an Oncologist for a second opinion and some additional testing.  Once they have more information they could then discuss it more, but they needed to get her in to see the Oncologist as soon as possible, meaning days and the tests run this week.
                  Needless-to-say she was now scared, “I have Cancer?”
                  “Yes we think so, but we need to run more tests to make sure.”
                  “So it’s possible that I might not?”
                  “It’s possible but right now you’re tests point to that you do.  But only an Oncologist can tell us for sure.  I’m being honest and open with you I don’t want any surprises here.” The doctor was trying to be as empathetic as possible. “The nurse is setting up your appointment now and she will let you know when you leave, do you have any other questions or concerns?”
                  “Well yeah! I have a ton of them but I guess I’ll have to wait to find out won’t I?” Mel said.
                  “Yes, I’m sorry you will, once the tests are run by the Oncologists we should know more in a couple of days after.”
                  Mel just nodded her head and thanked the doctor for everything; she stood and walked out to the front desk to talk to the nurse.  Her appointment was scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.  How she wished John was home now, but the good news was he would be home tomorrow night, everything would be alright then.
                  She couldn’t shake the thoughts the rest of the evening and the following day, she had to go to her boss at work and explain the situation, which helped them get a better understanding of why she was missing work, her boss told her not to worry about and take the time she needed to get it resolved, it’s not like she was there all that often anyway.
                  She met with the Oncologist that had reviewed her test and this time around her doctor was a woman, Sarah O’Connor.   Doctor O’Connor told her the same thing he family doctor told her and they would know more after the tests, she warned though depending on how the test come back she may have to take a biopsy.  Mel spent the next few hours having more blood drawn and all sorts of x-rays, she was poked and prodded and asked a new serious of personal questions about her current health, it was all very