Up and down day

I think I've truly run the gammot of emotions today. I have the constant joy, amusement, and love with my babies, but today some of that was totally overshadowed by a doctors appointment that I attended with my sister.

The long and short of it is she has breast cancer. It was not detected by mammogram, nor by a needle biopsy done a couple of months ago, however there was obviously something happening in there that the surgeon was not happy about, so they did a surgical biopsy (excision) last Friday. The surgeon says she took out 5 inches of breast tissue (part of a larger lump) that did not look cancerous at the time. However, the pathology report came back positive yesterday. The surgeon says the reason they couldn't see it or find it with all the tests is because it is seeded throughout the breast. The first line of treatment is a mastectomy, the big decision is whether or not to take one or both. After that it will probably be chemo and maybe radiation. We'll find out more on Monday when we meet with the oncologist.

As if this weren't sucky enough, she lost her job just before all this went down, so things are really tough for her right now.

So, if anyone out there that reads this could send some healing happy thoughts her way I'd appreciate it. Thanks.