You know when you're trying to comfort others who receive bad news it's difficult but generally you can walk away from it and go home relatively unscathed.
My mum was given bad news yesterday. She was told that she has cancer in her breast. Cancer...
I know that people get diagnosed with this every day and generally most people are treated and are given the all clear. But this is my mammy and it's really hard not to think that we could lose her.
But we have some hope. The consultant seems quite positive that the operation will work and any malingering cells will be destroyed by the course of radiotherapy that she will receive six weeks after the operation. The operation is tomorrow. I am praying to God that it works.
I have to say that I can't help but feel angry with the Irish health board for making her wait for so feckin' long till she was seen by a consultant. She went to her GP in May and it was only last week that she was seen. She was only seen last week thanks to the furore she caused by contacting the Irish Independent and Donegal Democrat about the wait to have a mammogram. Twelve weeks she had already waited and then to be told by the health board that she would have to wait a further two months...astounding.
My mum is a fighter and I'm hoping to God that her innate strength will get her through this and come out the other side fighting.
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