Worried about mom's new medical problem. . .

My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer almost exactly four years ago. I am an only child and am very, very close with her. We truly are best friends. It was so very rough to go through, but we made it and she had been doing really well.

She went to her family doctor a couple weeks ago about nausea and a pain in her side. He put her on anti-biotics and told her if it didn't clear up to call him. She did and he suggested she set up an appointment with her oncologist. She went to the oncologist last Thursday and she felt a mass in her lower left abdomen. So, she's having a CT scan today and will get results Friday.

I'm so worried. I cry all the time. The BC was bad enough but thoughts of stomach, colon and ovarian cancers are just tearing me apart! Of course, at the same time I try to remind myself that it could be something totally simple and benign, like diverticulitis or a mass of urine, something like that.

I don't know what the research is on likelihood of getting other types of cancers after having breast cancer. I know about ovarian. But, the onco said that because she'd already had breast cancer she had a slightly higher risk of colon cancer and they were going to take no chances. If that's true then why haven't they been having her get a colonoscopy every year!?

I'm so frustrated, worried and scared. I guess I just needed to vent.