All Was Well -- Then My Fiancee Got Cancer

Photo caption: Brent and Emily Stoller on their wedding day in Rancho Mirage, CA. Photo credit: Amy & Stuart Photography Which band do we want? What color should the groomsmen wear? Can our rehearsal dinner video montage be made to resemble A-Ha's "Take on Me"? For my fiancée, Emily, and me, the planning process for our wedding was routine. Until 32 days before "I do," when a new entry was Sharpie'd onto our to-do list: Cancer. ***** These stories all start the same. April 7, 2015 dawned like any other Tuesday. Emily was at the ophthalmologist because she'd been experiencing blurriness, which turned out to be caused by, surprisingly, inadequate blinking. Toward the end of her exam, her doctor said three words you never want to hear consecutively: What is that? It was around 10:30 a.m. when I got the call. There was a tumor on the back of Emily's left eye. She had to have it checked further, and she had to have it checked immediately. The ophthalmologist had connected her with a specialist, and she was on her way there now. Driving to meet her, I realized that moments before, my biggest worry was finding time to watch that weekend's Masters. ***** The next six hours were spent in the dark. Sitting in a dim room to accommodate dilated eyes, we waited and wondered, unsure of what was coming next. Every so often they'd grab Emily for another test, but that only heightened tensions. Something was wrong, we just didn't know what. Finally, an audience with the doctor. T...
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