Good morning Tabi - welcome to the family. You have a lot going on right now, lots of possibilities with some of them being pretty scary (cancer). Of course you want it to not be cancer, we all want that too.

While it's always a good sign if your blood work comes back good; cancer is not diagnosed with blood work, it is diagnosed via biopsy and pathology work done in the lab.

I expect what you are most afraid of is it's cancer, the same thing we were all most afraid of. You are looking for something good to hang on too (good blood work) and hoping that equates to no cancer.

I know it's hard, but the best thing for you to do right now is to wait patiently until the docs have all their answers. If it is cancer, then we will cross that bridge when we get too it. Everyone in this family either has it, had it or is caregiver to someone who does. We know what goes on in your head because it went on in our head too, so we know how to help you get through it with the least psychological damage.

Of course we want it to not be cancer. But, if it is, we will be here for you.

So, take a deep breath and relax. Go start that really good book you've been meaning to start. Keep your mind occupied with pleasant, positive things. Do NOT sit there and obsess over what it might be, or might not be, or what will I do if it is. That's a one way trip down the road in the wrong direction. It's much better right now to just sit there on the side of the road and wait for the doctors reports. Then you will know which direction to go.

Hang in there, you will do just fine.

Tony