I like this support group. I used to participate a lot more, when cancer was new and in my thoughts 24/7. But now I just focus on living. I may have 2 years left, or 20. Doctors won't give me a number. So, I take all my meds, follow doctors' orders, and live in the present.

What's most interesting about this post I started is that I failed to mention many relevant variables (my recent retirement, spouse still working, vacation home in another town where my new friends are, the fact that I hadn't had any friends in many years, etc. etc.), so y'all just filled in the gaps with your imaginations. Which leads to conclusions ranging from I'm a poor innocent victim to I'm a dirty rotten scoundrel.

The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.