When I was a child, believe it or not, I used to be one many, many moons ago, I don’t remember going to the doctor. I don’t know if it’s because my mother never felt a need to take me or that we couldn’t afford it. I would guess that we couldn’t afford it. Well. I still can’t afford to go to all the different doctors that I should go to. Being without healthcare with all my health problems physically and mentally is horrible.
I didn’t have trust in any doctor. I was always pretty healthy. The only thing that I had was high blood pressure. I would go to the doctor to get my prescription for my two pills to lower my blood pressure and that’s all. The only other two times that I went to a doctor regularly is when I was pregnant with my Amancio and my Jalila. Going to the doctor was not my thing.
Everything changed when I found a lump in my left breast. I was diagnosed with breast cancer on January 21, 2021. My life became doctor visits. Every week I saw the doctor and had my blood drawn. I then realized that I was trusting the doctors with my life. I was trusting their education and experience. It was up to them to save my life. They did it. They saved my life!!! To me that is one of the highest forms of trust that a person can give.
I no longer fear doctors. I trust them. I see a doctor that takes uninsured patients. Thank goodness for the Hope Clinic. That’s where my doctor has his practice. All I can say is trusting doctors with your life is not an easy thing to do. I mean how many people do you trust with your life? Not many!!!
~Rita Romero
