My mom (75) told me last night she has a lump in her chest, and a biopsy came back indicating it's cancerous. She said it's "small", and they have a year over year baseline for reference going back 18 years - and this is the first time doctors have seen anything. More tests are needed to determine course of treatment.

I am in shock - I am very close to my mom... I live 1,000 miles away from my parents, but stay in touch by phone - and see them a couple times a year...

...as a 40 y/o man, even now in my darkest moments I find I will talk to myself repeatedly asking, "mom, am I ok...?" "...is it going to be ok...?"

I called her last night to tell her I wasn't feeling well - but she told me about her diagnosis first...

I don't know what else to say or do right now -