Can't Help but Feel Sad

This week The man and I got some rather upsetting news. Actually, I was the first to hear. I had called his mom and when she answered the phone she was sobbing. Here, she had just gotten off the phone with a nurse, who had told her that her mammogram was abnormal, they had found a lesion on one breast.

What was I supposed to say? I mean, what do you say to someone who just got that news? "Gee, don't worry about it" ????So, was as comforting as I could be and I just listened.

She's been on Estrogen for the last 2 years and unfortunately taking Estrogen as hormone therapy can cause breast cancer. Her endocrinologist felt that the need for hormone therapy far outweighed the risk of breast cancer - back then.

She needs to have an MRI but must be off the Estrogen for 30 days. How awful, having to wait. I really really hope the MRI turns out fine and nothing further is needed but I can't hep but feel this churning in the pit of my stomach.

She is trying to remain positive - I don't know how she does it. I would be going insane by now. I keep telling her she can't get sick - she is going to Disney World with us at the end of April!