@cmb2022. Of course you are wrapped up in you. I understand as this is all a big shock and change for you.

I can relate to the changes a person goes through living with cancer. Yes the same for me. I learned who my friends are. One of my friends offered to come to Rochester to stay with me while I had radiation treatment in December. She stayed for 2 weeks. Physically I was OK but emotionally I needed the support and she knew it. I thanked her many times and she kept saying that she was enjoying herself. I couldn't imagine that at the time.

You are surely worthy of kind acts from your friends and from this stranger on a web-based support page. How was I worthy of a friend willing to leave her home and drive 850 miles round trip in winter to stay with me. It's hard to convince ourselves of that, isn't it?

I'm going to go philosophical here for a moment. As humans we need to find meaning in the world. Living a meaningful life to me means relationships with others. I get to choose who I have those relationships with. So right now as my cat cruises past me I reach out give her a pat and kiss. She meows and purrs in response. And I get to come to this page and "talk" to you.

Wishing you a good week. Thank you for the kind words. They mean more to me than you will ever know!