To quote an old Tom Petty song...

The waiting is the hardest part.

In case anyone is actually reading this blog to find out about Mom, I wanted to give a quick update after meeting with her primary doctor this morning. Providentially, it was an appointment that she's had for a couple of weeks, but it gave us a chance to ask the several questions that have arisen since we learned of this new diagnosis.

The hard part is that we don't really know anything more after talking with her, but I would say that we might feel a bit more hopeful. Dr. Black did refer to it definitively as lung cancer, but we still won't know what kind or where else it might be until the pathology results from the lung fluid come back. Then, depending on those results, they might opt to do a brachioscopy--which is essentially taking a small piece of the lung out and looking more closely at it to determine what kind we're dealing with.

All of this should take place in the next week or two, since, according to Dr. Black, they "don't mess around with cancer," and do whatever it takes to get things moving as fast as possible. That's reassuring as well. But I still feel like we are in a "hurry up and wait" kind of mode, and that pretty much stinks. I guess I've gotten pretty good at it over the past few years, but it's definitely not any easier!

So that's it. Again, thanks for all the words of comfort and the promises of prayer. We can truly feel the love and support. :-)