For 27 years I saw the same doctor. He was a GP by the time I met him, but as an infectious diseases specialist had been on the front lines of AIDS in the 80s.

For 27 years I saw the same doctor. He was a GP by the time I met him, but as an infectious diseases specialist had been on the front lines of AIDS in the 80s. I can still find old quotes from him now and again, calming people scared about touching doorknobs. I trusted him thoroughly, with everything. He was about 10 years older than me and I worried what it meant when he retired and I no longer had access to this person who so deeply understood me--exactly when I started needing him most. This post is encouraging, to say the least.