Ramón and I returned home to our condo one night after playing trivia. When Ramón tried to push the door open, he was met with resistance, as though someone was barricaded inside. “Did someone break in?” I whispered to Ramón. “I don’t know,” he answered, then gave the door a shove.

Anxiety has been all up in my business this week. My pulmonologist called last Friday to chat about some medical stuff. If you’re a chronic patient, you’re probably familiar with the game where something catches the doctor’s attention enough to mention it, but you don’t know how far the curiosity will go. Will follow-up tests…