Is that right? Did you really say that?

I was worried about telling my mum i had Breast  cancer as her mum had died at a young age from metastatic breast cancer.  I went to see her on the day I was due to fly out on a holiday. I said you had better sit down. “Mum I’ve got breast cancer.”  Reply “me too”.   It was the start of our treatment together same day surgery, same surgeon .  On the day of our surgery the nurse was diplomatically fishing about my surname.  Is you surname common?  I said no it’s not and that’s my mum in the cubicle around the corner.  We were in hospital for almost a week together and it was the talk of the ward in a good way.