Early tomorrow morning I am flying out Seattle to see my Mom.  About 6 days ago she called to deliver some bad news – the cancer was back. 

Over the past 3 years my Mom has battled a couple of different forms of cancer.  First there was the Breast Cancer.  Fortunately the doctors caught it early.  They operated quickly, performing a lumpectomy and lymph node removal at the same time.  Following radiation treatment everything seemed to be good.  No further cancer was found in the lymph nodes and my mom seemed to have recovered fairly quickly.  More...