DR. WALLACE: I’m engaged to my high school sweetheart, and we had been planning to be married over a year and a half from now.
But recently I experienced a really rough medical issue that has literally rocked my world. As a woman, I always envisioned starting a family and having my own children. But the events of this past year have made those plans moot. I’ve been told by three medical professionals that I will never be able to have children of my own.
I spent several months in shock over this news, then another set of months in denial and grief blended together.
Finally, when I was able to think logically about my future and how I felt our lives might best move forward over time, I brought up the idea of adoption to my fiance but was shocked by his answer! He literally told me that if we could …