She's the bravest lady I know, she's 74 and wonderful. Unfortunately, this past week she had to have her yearly mammogram, they also did a sonogram just to be sure, and the doctor found a lump that he is 99.9% positive cancerous. She had a lump removed 6 years ago and has been cancer-free until now.
Right now there's not a whole lot happening; she has a biopsy this coming Monday, then after that they'll do an MRI to see where the cancer is, if it has spread. Sooner or later she will have surgery, and perhaps radiation or chemo. That part remains to be seen.
When this happened in 2000, I wasn't here, I was in Venezuela. I didn't even know about it until after she'd had the surgery and was recovering since my parents didn't tell me; they didn't want me to cancel my trip. So now I don't know what to do exactly to help her with this... she told me not to "hover", yet I'm sure she needs some distraction in the coming days. Any suggestions? Thanks!
2006-07-13
20:02:56
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Cancer