'gah!' that it wasn't the biopsy this week, but seems like you got to talk in depth about the situation and the possible futures, which seems helpful.

have you had opportunity to discuss the likelihood of the tumour being benign or malignant? are there any guesses at the minute? and if malignant, what kind of tumour it might be, and the relative treatability of it - it seems like you've discussed some of this in the 'worse case scenario'. i know from my experience of others' experiences with tumours, benign and malignant, there is a guge variation.

all of the above questions are 'answer at your discretion' (if that needs to be said), and come from a genuine interest on my part, not a have-you-thought-of-this-have-you-thought-of-that place. if my interest/the expression of it is not-constructive for you and/or insensitive in any way to where you might be at, please let me know.

you are so right that youth and a healthy immune system are very in your favour *smile* imo these would make me hopeful of a bengin tumour rather than malignancy (given a good immune systme especially), and the best recovery possible.