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I think the two of you should have been able to stop a charging rhino in the early years.

With us, the first time, it was breast cancer. She got the standard cycle: operation, chemo, radiation, month-long stay at a cancer rehab spa.
The second time, it was a rare kind known here as "the murderer." It was discovered as a chance bit of luck, and the oncologist said it was extremelybad news, but that it was a silent killer that no one evercaught this early. Brutal operation, no chemo (onc said no point--either we got it all and you're good, or we didn't and you're not), but all 84 biopsies taken came back negative, which they said they had never seen. And then the month-long stay at the cancer rehab spa again. It has not been a smooth ride, but any cancer ride that leaves the patient still standing is smoother than the alternative. It sounds like you two stood longer than most. It's not much of a consolation now, is it?