At a small Chicago clinic, an Alaska nurse called about my daughter and said, “Your son-in-law hasn’t been here.” I booked the first flight north without crying, and by dawn, his Bahamas honeymoon was no longer the worst thing I’d found. – News

Fatigue. Appetite changes.

In multiple clinical notes, the same phrase appeared in different forms: husband minimizes symptoms. Husband discourages second opinions. Husband reports patient is “overreacting.”

One oncologist note, made after Emily’s first consultation, included this sentence: **Patient appears emotionally dependent on spouse’s approval continue reading …