a Scarlet D

Three words I am growing to hate more than any other. While I understand the intent behind them, what I hear is:

• You’re all done with me for now
• It’s likely that what you’ve (care team) done for me left me wanting more help
• You’re going to go on (happily) with your life for the next two weeks or month or whatever arbitrary “check back in with me” timeframe is
• I’m going to wait and feel like this until then. The whole time.