Waiting

Not a day goes by when I don’t see a post from a mole mate who’s experiencing the agony of waiting. Waiting for scan or biopsy results. Waiting to hear whether they’ve been admitted to a clinical trial. Waiting to find out whether that trial is working for them. Or not. Waiting to find out whether their insurance company will or won’t pay for a potentially lifesaving treatment. Or, all too often, waiting for their pain or that of a loved one to finally and forever end.

I’m in sort of a holding pattern myself now and probably will be for the next several days and, to be honest, I’d forgotten how bad I am at playing the role of the patient patient-- even though I’m quite optimistic things will turn out just fine. For all of you fellow waiters, an ode to the medical profession to the tune of Foreigner’s “Waiting For A Girl Like You”…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrzzR-3PPqw

So long, they’ve been looking too hard, I've been waiting too long
Sometimes I don't know what they will find
I only know it's a matter of time
When you wait a ton...When you wait a ton...
It feels not right, but always new, I’d like to know that you feel it too
(Aaah-aaah) maybe I'm wrong
(Aaah-aaah) won't you tell me if I'm wanting something wrong?
(Aaah-aaah) this heart of mine has been hurt before
(Aaah-aaah) this time I wanna be sure
I've been waiting, for a call from you
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) what seems like all my life
I've been waiting, for a call from you
(Waiting for a call) and the news that all is right


I've been waiting (I've been waiting) for some good news
(News) To make me feel alive, ah-ah
Yeah, waiting for a call from you (waiting for a call) to tell me all is right
(Aaah-aaah...Aaah-aaah...)


You're so good, when you don gloves, look under hood
It's more than your touch or the words you say
Only in dreams could I heal this way
When you wait a ton...Yeah, really wait a ton...
(Aaah-aaah) now I know it's right
(Aaah-aaah) from the moment I wake up till deep in the night
(Aaah-aaah) there's nowhere on Earth that I'd rather be
(Aaah-aaah) than waiting here, eternally


I've been waiting, for a call from you
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) what seems like all my life (life)
I've been waiting, for a call from you
(Waiting for a call) and the news that all is right
I've been waiting (I've been waiting) for some good news
(News) To make me feel alive, ah-ah
Yeah, waiting (waiting) for a call from you
(Waiting for a call) what seems like all my life


Oooh-oooh, oooh-oooh, I've been waiting
Aaah-aaah, (waiting for you) oooh-oooh, oooh
(Aaah-aaah) oooh-oooh, I've been waiting
(Waiting) I've been waiting, yeah
I've been waiting for a call from you, I've been waiting
Won't you come into my life? (Life?) My life?
(It's been so long) I've been waiting for a call from you
I've been waiting, (I've been waiting) oh-oh