:16:02
A glass, with dinner, occasionally,
and perhaps a scotch every now and then.
:16:07
- Do you use any substances?
- Such as?
:16:09
Marijuana, cocaine, crack cocaine,
PCP, ecstasy, poppers...
:16:12
No.
:16:14
- Do you drink caffeinated beverages?
- Yes.
:16:16
- Which ones?
- Coffee, a few cups a day.
:16:20
- How many?
- Two to six.
:16:23
But I don't think that's immoderate.
:16:25
How often do you have
routine medical checkups?
:16:27
Not as often as I should probably,
but I've felt fine, I really have.
:16:32
- So, the answer is?
- Every three to five years.
:16:37
What do you do for exercise?
:16:40
Pace.
:16:43
- Are you having sexual relations?
- Not at the moment.
:16:48
- Are you pre or post-menopausal?
- Post.
:16:51
- When did your periods stop?
- About two years ago.
:16:55
Okay.
:16:59
When did you first notice
your present complaint?
:17:01
- This time, now?
- Yes.
:17:04
About four months ago, I felt a pain
in my stomach, in my abdomen...
:17:09
like a cramp, but not the same.
:17:11
- How did it feel?
- Like a cramp.
:17:13
- But not the same?
- Duller and stronger, I can't describe it.
:17:17
- What happened next?
- I don't know...
:17:20
I started noticing my body, little things.
I would be teaching and feel a sharp pain.
:17:24
What kind of pain?
:17:25
Sharp...
:17:27
and sudden.
:17:29
Then it would go away,
or, I would be tired...
:17:32
Exhausted. I was working
on a major project...
:17:34
the article on John Donne...
:17:36
for the Oxford Encyclopedia
of English Literature.
:17:38
It was a great honor,
but I had a very strict deadline.
:17:41
- Were you under stress?
- It wasn't much more stress than usual...
:17:45
I just couldn't withstand it this time.
:17:47
So...
:17:49
I went to see Dr. Chin, my gynecologist,
after I'd turned in the article.
:17:53
She examined me,
sent me to Jefferson, the internist...
:17:56
who sent me to Kelekian
because he thought I might have a tumor.