Health

A couple of weeks ago, the woman who takes Leola swimming told Jon she noticed a mass under Leola's arm that we might want to have checked out. Jon (being the physician he is) checked it out himself and deduced it was cancer. Doctors are the worst at imagining the worst case scenario. About 4 years ago, Leola was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a mastectomy. He assumed it had spread into her lymph node and was probably in other major organs. We took her into the doctor, who ordered some tests including a biopsy and an ultrasound of her internal organs. The biopsy revealed that it is breast cancer, but strangely enough, there was no evidence of it being anywhere else but in the mass. The mass under her arm doesn't bother her and she has never mentioned it. She doesn't have any other symptoms. The next step is to take her to the oncologist and that appointment is three weeks away. What to do? This situation has given us much fodder for discussion. Would she be treated? Should the mass even be removed if it's not bothering her? She's 92 and surgery and hospitalization would being highly disorienting. We can only wait and see what the oncologist says.