I'm glad your appointment went well I can't say I blame you for being nervous for a dr appt after being wrongly told you had a brain tumor! My gosh, I would have a hard time ever trusting a doctor again.

As far as the job goes, I'm in a retail environment where I supervise about 20-30 people. I would never fire anyone for calling in. That's the responsible way of handling it and most people understand that things come up. As long as you don't abuse that understanding and call in every Friday for example I doubt you will encounter any trouble over it.

I'm not great with big family gatherings either but just try to take it a little bit at a time. You'll get through it just like you got through the appointment