DeathRay404 Nope. But unfortunately, one of the side effects of cancer treatment is infertility.

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"I don't want surgery again! It hurts and they gave me this!" Erica said in protest as she pointed to the incision on her stomach.

"This is just a small surgery. They're just going to put something called a port in you so they can easily give you the medicine. And then when they're done giving you medicine, they can take it out." Chandler told her. He hated this. All of it. He wished he could make it all better.

"But... But... Okay..." Erica said in defeat. "I'm just scared."

"I know, but it'll be okay." Chandler said as he sat down on her bed. "It'll be quick."

"But I just want to go home and see mommy and Jacky. I don't want to stay here anymore. I don't want to come here ever again unless it's a happy reason like if somebody has a baby."

"Me either. But you have to stay here. You won't ever be alone here, I promise. I made your mom go home. She needed some rest. She wasn't feeling too good this morning. She's coming back and she'll be here when you wake up from surgery. Okay?" Chandler said.

"Okay... I hope she's okay." Erica replied.

"Me too."

And as if on cue a nurse walked in, "okay Erica, you're going to get prepped for surgery now. It's going to be really quick this time."

Chandler hugged her and they exchanged "I love you"s. He went down to the surgical waiting room.

After a while Monica showed up with Jack. "Hey, how're you feeling?" Chandler asked her.

"I'm okay but how's Erica?" Monica asked not really caring how she felt. She needed to make sure Erica was okay.

"They should be done any minute now." Chandler said.

And just like that her status on the screen showed that she was in recovery. A few minutes later the doctor came out. "Everything went well. The port's in. She's still sleeping but you can go see her now."

They all walked in her room. Chandler and Monica each sat in a chair on either side of her bed. Jack sat on Monica's lap. "Erica, wake up." Jack whispered.

"Let her sleep." Monica told him quietly.

"I just want to make sure she's okay." He explained.

"It's good for her to sleep. She needs it." Chandler told him quietly.

"Okay..." Jack said disappointed.

Erica woke up a little and looked down at the quarter sized lump below her collar bone. "Is that it?" She asked.

"Yes it is. How are you feeling?" Chandler asked.

"Kinda icky but that's really weird looking." Erica told him.

"It's cool! It looks like a quarter got put under your skin! It's weird." Jack exclaimed.

"I know. I don't think I like it there." Erica said.

"It's only temporary. They're going to take it out eventually." Chandler told her.

"Okay I guess." She replied, still weirded out by it.


~Jack's appointment results~

"Jack is completely healthy. His kidneys look very normal. All of the tests we ran came out negative" The doctor told Chandler and Monica.

Finally, some good news. They were both very relieved. "That's great!" Chandler said as Monica nodded in agreement. "Thank you doctor!"


"We need to talk about the possible side effects of the treatment. Long term, Erica may never be able to have children of her own. However, many cancer survivors have gone on to have multiple children. It'll just be more difficult for her. Short term, she'll lose her hair pretty much everywhere she has it. Her head, eyebrows, etc. She'll experience flu-like symptoms. We'll monitor her for any possible complications along the way." The doctor told Monica and Chandler.

They were devastated by the fact that she might not be able to get pregnant some day. They knew how awful it was to struggle with infertility. They had been trying for about 9 years and they still haven't been successful. The closest they had come was Monica's miscarriage a couple years ago. They didn't want their daughter to have to go through what they did.