Husbands and Other Sharp Objects by Marilyn Simon Rothstein

Author:Marilyn Simon Rothstein [Rothstein, Marilyn Simon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781477823828
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Published: 2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Instead of hiding under her white, thousand-thread-count Italian covers until the impending date of the hysterectomy, Candy doubled down on everything. At first, I thought it was a show of good attitude, then I realized it was denial. She dumped Leonardo, her very personal trainer, because she said life was too short and she had to stop playing around. She saw Ellison Graham as often as possible. She joined my gym. I forgot to tell her that I went there only when dragged by wild horses. In fact, the last time I had gone was when I’d told Amanda I was choosing dinner with her and her in-laws over seeing Hamilton.

Candy went to the gym every single morning and made me agree to meet her there on Tuesdays and Fridays before work. She enjoyed the StairMaster. When I arrived, late on purpose, I would take the one next to her.

“Answer me one question,” I said as I set my meter for a molehill pace. “Why is it you never sweat?”

“I’m accustomed to exercise,” she said. “Besides, eventually I do sweat.”

“Where?”

“My cleavage.”

“That doesn’t count.”

“Why not?”

“That’s sexy sweat.”

“I’m going on a date with Ellison on Saturday night,” she said.

“That’s great, but are you sure you wouldn’t rather be seeing Dishwasher Guy?”

“He was handsome. But I like Ellison. He’s taking me to New York to see that play Wilkes Booth: A Night at the Theater, about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.”

“You’ve already seen that.”

“True, but it was superb, and Ellison already bought the tickets. Besides, it’s not like I have to act surprised at the ending. The time to live is now. After all, I don’t know what the future holds after my operation.”

I asked her what was involved, but I already knew, because I had read about it online. There is a problem, though, about researching diseases on the Internet. They always show the worst-case scenario. Like a photograph of someone with type 2 diabetes would depict a man with all-black, rotting toes on his left leg and no right leg at all. Sometimes I think medical sites obtain photographs of diseases by going to skid row and asking men with no access to medical care to pose.

I took a sip from my water bottle as I climbed and listened.

“It’s called an abdominal hysterectomy. The surgeon makes an incision across my belly in order to remove the upper part of the uterus. He’s planning to leave the cervix. I need two to three days in the hospital afterward. They say it takes about six weeks for full recovery. But it does leave a scar. I just hope it’s not big. I told him I’d prefer a horizontal incision.”

I couldn’t believe she was worrying about a scar. What, did she walk around nude all day? Mostly, I was aghast that she hadn’t checked any of this out online.

“There are easier ways to do it,” I said. “I think you should consult another doctor.”

“For example?”

“Laparoscopic or robotic.”

“But why wouldn’t he have suggested that?”

The conversation was getting serious.

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