Tell It Like It Is

Maureen always liked people to tell her things like they are. She never appreciated the embellishment of hard truths.

She was an harsh executive, flying the corporate ladder like a meteor - non stop promotions ever since she had graduated business school. She knew her job well and she was notorious for giving investors only one and only number - the first and last offer. A take it or leave it approach.

The pains started at a business trip in Shanghai. She was tired and dizzy and she felt sharp pains penetrating her bones and cutting through her muscles. As an over worked woman she knew how to handle pains and how to go on and work regardless of being sick. These pains wouldn't stop her. She told herself it must be all the stress and the long hours that had made her feel bad and she didn't feel it was necessary to go to the doctor.

The pains started worsening and the fatigue had made getting out of bed almost impossible. However, she did not go to a doctor until she had collapsed at the office during a conference meeting.

The doctor could easily find the lump under her left breast and all she was asking was to tell it like it is.


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