[©2010 BY CLINTON09; ALL CHARACTERS OVER THE AGE OF 18; NO EVENTS DESCRIBED ARE TRUE; STORIES HAVE A 'HARDER EDGE' THAN MOST; BE WARNED; HERE BE DRAGONS]
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Well, I couldn't act surprised. I had just turned 18 that very day. My beautiful mom kissed me, saying, "My baby's grown up. I'm so proud of you!"
My old man, a successful physician, was somewhat 'less effusive' in his praise and celebration. We had had some 'doings' in the past. He had kicked my girlfriend out of my room (which was separated by the garage from the main house) because he couldn't tolerate 'such behavior'; given me a black eye for talking back; and even slapped me for using a bad word...while going 73 on I-95! When I made the football team, he told me he wouldn't sign the injury waiver that absolved the school of any liability for injury.
That was reasonable, I assume, but he did it not out of concern for me. With the weight room hours and extreme fitness regimen, I was getting into spectacular shape. He would grumble that I had to wear a shirt all the time in the house. It didn't register in my brain that he was getting jealous, worried that my rapidly perfecting physique would draw admiring glances from a woman we both lived with. So, his birthday present was just a reminder that I was warned about getting out when I was 18...don't let the door hit you...and so on.
I moved out. I had to find a job fast, so I went into construction. At least it got me out in the sun, worked off my computer flab, even built a little muscle. By the end of the first year 'under the sun', I had grown three inches, gotten broad shoulders and 23 inch biceps. It was great until I got home and those aches started until the next work day began.
Meanwhile, my mother's marriage was in a tailspin. My mom (Sue) drove her big brown Caddy up to my place. Seeing her visiting me for the 1st time ever at my pathetic shack, I ran to greet her. My mom, Sue, was wearing a yellow billowy blouse, a wrap around skirt, and high white leather strappy sandals. She was only five foot two, but even at 41, her figure was still Barbie Doll perfect. Her only 'flaw' were breasts that, at 36D, were ever so slightly too big for her frame, making her look like she could fall over at any time. Her legs were always bikini wax smooth, her ankles slender, and her feet neatly pedicured, the red painted toes on her little feet cute, if not downright sexy. Funny thing was that after living with mom, the thought that she was also a woman, and quite a hot MILF, never occurred to me. Now, after a year of separation, watching her wiggle to my humble abode, her outsized breasts bouncing, I got just an inkling of wood down there, to my embarrassment.
I let mom in and gave her the biggest hug in the history of the planet. "So, how are things at home, and how ARE you surviving without me around?" I asked.
Mom's hands, laden with wedding and engagement rings, and a family heirloom charm bracelet (one of the hearts was mine), noisily caressed my newly bronzed steel hard body. She said, "My God, Jimmy, you're huge!" (Proudly, I flexed my arms honed by construction work; my biceps bulged to their 23 inch max) "To think that you were sick for maybe 12 to 18 months when you were ten. I worried day and night about you. But now, to see how strong and healthy you've become, it's a great relief." Her hands continued their assault on my powerful arms, finishing with a final soft touch and gentle squeeze.
I asked, "I'm delighted you came to see me, finally. What brought on this welcome desire to see me, though—is there anything wrong?"
She said, "No sweetheart. [She bit her lip] I did want to see you before I had the operation. I went to one of daddy's friends who said that my... do you really want ALL the details?"
I said, "YES, mom! If you can't tell me, then who can you talk to?"
She continued, kissing me on the forehead, "I am sorry honey, but this is kind of intimate. The doctor told me that my ovaries were pre-cancerous and he would like to do a complete hysterectomy, in fact removing virtually all of the 'woman parts'. In his opinion, it's the only way. So I came here to see you before, just in case something went wrong."
I said, "Wait, 'one of daddy's friends'? Did you get a 2nd opinion?"
She said, "Why would I? That doctor is a diplomate on the board. "
I said, "Look, you're scheduled for surgery 2 pm tomorrow? Indulge me; you will see a doctor in the city (Manhattan), an ob gyn, but today. I will think of some excuse." I got out my cell phone, used the Bing search, and found an experienced female ob gyn in New Rochelle, not far from our Connecticut abode.
I was going to give them a real sob story. Instead, I 'manned up' and told them the truth: this was a last minute second opinion.
Mom looked very uneasy. I had booked an (unnecessary?) appointment which would require us to drive miles out of our way thru New York area traffic. If this DIDN'T work out, she would not be visiting me again for years, if ever.
I drove her big brown floating boat, the Caddy. Built before Caddy's got all 'euro' with great handling, this one floated over expansion strips and potholes. After the 1st hour, I actually preferred it to the precision German-type Caddy's we had now, with their sharp jouncing and buffeting over New York area roads (which are as cratered as the moon, by the way.) We got to the offices in suburban New York. I walked with mom all the way, even into the examining room. The doctor was surprised that I was there.
She said, "We don't normally get sons who are so dedicated to the health of their mothers, nor moms who admit they need the moral support. Let's get started. Feel free to stop me and dismiss your handsome son whenever you want to. I have to warn you, I've been told I have the coldest instruments in the state. Sorry about that!"
I held mom's hand. She squeezed increasingly hard as the exam got to its 'high point'. The good doctor told mom to get dressed and meet her in her main office as soon as we could. There was no rush, as we were the last patients and the only other people in the office. I had the oddest feeling; my beautiful mother was putting her clothes back on as I turned away. The fact that she had the confidence in me to be nude in the same room made me feel proud, confident, even a bit excited. It would be nice to say I didn't sneak a peek; well I was a good boy and never once turned around. It wasn't my fault that the doctor's cotton dispenser was in a flat sided rectangular chrome box with 100% mirror clarity. Oh, man...mom! Well, at least I never turned around...
Mom held my hand firmly as we got to her office. She motioned for us to sit down. On the desk were x-rays, her notes, and a prescription for a pain killer, standard issue after such an exam. She smiled at us. "You will be happy to note, I see absolutely nothing wrong with anything in there. I mean not the slightest growth, benign or otherwise. Based upon my 20 years of experience, I can tell you that you are as healthy there as anyone 41, or 31 for that matter. By the way, you are close to your peak fertility, too, if you were wondering."
Mom stood up and rushed to the desk, shaking her hand with shock, relief, and appreciation.
The doctor said, "It was wise of you to get a second opinion. Too many people rely on no second opinion or ones made by cronies of their physician. This might have saved you an immeasurable loss to your feeling of self; I'm as relieved as you are. Thank you for coming to see me."
As we drove home, I told mom I had something to tell her I was holding back. When she came to visit, I was going to tell her, but the impending operation and worries about it superseded it. I began, "Mom, I don't know how to say this. You have told me that you had tried to have more children. You said that he had blamed the problem on you and that 'quack' that was going to open you up tomorrow confirmed his theory. Well, now we know that that was a lie. Now, I hate to tell you something else that will burst a bubble. Well, according to a friend of dad's receptionist I dated, dad has been seeing a number of his middle- aged patients after hours. He apparently flaunts his cheating ways pretty openly in some parts of town. God, I'm sorry to be the bearer of this news."