Always sad news...............
I think "at our age" it's inevitable that you will have encountered cancer in someone close. My uncle (who was a Normandy vet) had a slow death in his early sixties. My mother in law went the same way as Peter's father in law - 18 months of treatment for throat cancer but she just withered away. That followed straight after MrsW having post natal depression for 18 months, so a long period of stress and misery - but thankfully losing her mother didn't cause a regression. They were very tough times.
In some ways, a quick exit is better, especially for the patient. My grandfather sat up in bed when the alarm went off for work, and flopped back down dead. He was 60.
A colleague at work was contacted by the police recently to be told that her husband had dropped dead in the street, aged 53.
Every story tells you to live life to the full. There may not be a tomorrow, so if you want a new Morgan - get on with it now.
