Well... today brought some news I never ever wanted to hear: breast cancer for my mom, round 2. Its been 25 years since the last instance so this is a brand new occurrence at least and not a recurrence. Even so... one of my first memories in life is visiting her in the hospital after surgery to remove the cancer and her breast. Now the other one has a small tumor. Thankfully vigilance and good testing caught this one much earlier than the last, so the prognosis so far is good. Even so, having to face this again isn't something I want to repeat. I'm not in shock about it since I have faced this before, only sad it is happening again.
Now to deal with the next steps, all while continuing on with life.