The word that you never, ever want to hear

I should have written "the diagnosis" instead of "the word," but I didn't want the title to be that obvious.

I'm talking about this word. And I cannot stop thinking about this and the family member that had to hear the diagnosis and let us know about it. (sigh)

I won't say more for now because I want to preserve this person's privacy. If you're the praying kind, prayers will be appreciated (and you can email me if you want to know more).

Edited to Add:
(1) It is a very rare, but eminently treatable type (it's so rare the entry is tiny... in fact, a survivor writes that it appears in 1 in a 2 1/2 million people, probably even more for this specific kind). And here comes "blogging to the rescue" again -- I'm sure reading this guy's blog will be helpful (if not for my relative, at least for me!).

Well... while writing this post (and a few emails) I continued reading Novak's blog and now I am wondering whether what our relative has is "high" or "low" grade (Novak's was "high grade" or stage 3, which required chemo).  So far, relative's doctor talked only about radiation therapy (after a CT scan which Novak also had). So... maybe it's a low grade/stage one -- let's hope so! I will let you know later. So much to learn... wow.

(2) This is one more strong reason to go completely vegan.