Today we met with the Oncologist for my mom. An Oncologist is a doctor that specializes in the treatment of cancer. While we were waiting for her to come in and talk to us I was thinking that she would have the worst and the best job in the world. To give someone what may be the most devastating news they have ever had and then to tell someone else the best news they have ever heard, I can't imagine the drain that would be on your energy. You would need have a very strong soul.
We were going to get the results of her PET scan. A PET scan is used to revel the presence and severity of cancer. They found that the cancer thankfully has not spread to any of her other major organs. That helps put a more positive outlook on that general diagnosis. However, they did find a lump in her other breast. ARE YA KIDDING ME. I just don't know how I feel about this, how in the HELL could she have breast cancer along with the cancer already in her bones. They are pretty sure that the cancer in her bones is breast cancer but the Dr. said that it would be unlikely that the cancer in her other breast is the same cancer that is in this breast. WHAT??? So you can get two different cancers in each breast AND not only that but when my mom had cancer in her breast the last time that was TWO different cancers then. WHAT THE HELL!!
Alright so now we are faced with yet again more testing and waiting......and waiting......and waiting. Then probably more testing and waiting. Because the cancer might be a new type then she will probably have to do chemo. MAN, that makes me so angry. The doctor said they hope it is small enough that they can do a lumpectomy and that would be great because I don't think getting a mastectomy is something my mom is very willing to do.
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