Results....

Just this morning, a friend asked how my mum is doing. "As long as she's hanging in there, that's good. You never know what may happen."

On the phone a few moments later, mum sounded a bit quiet as she talked about her day at the doctor's. This is a doctor who she has known for a number of years, and who advocates 'alternative' treatment over western medicine. Mum showed him her latest medical report, and yes there is indeed a tumour in a section of the spine, and very likely another one in the lower back. The 'alternative' doctor said surgical removal will be very hard for mum to handle, especially at her age, but recommends she take some medicine and under go electrotherapy.

Mum has not decided yet what to do, and she has a number she can call when she starts to lose the mobility of her left arm, because that's when things get very serious and surgery is critical to prevent whole body paralysis.

Whether it'll get to that point, if ever, nobody knows. But it's a possibly, a dark fear and worry that will always linger in the back of her mind, and mine...