My rant as a so far surviving cancer patient is about friends and family telling me how good I look every time they see me. The fact that I weigh about 30 pounds less than I started with probably helps and that my hair came back in n a nice wavy silvery shade of white. I guess @esikora 's comment about the "cancer patient" is what causes people to be surprised when you don't look like you are at death's door. But, unfortunately, how you look on the outside doesn't correspond with what is happening inside. I am 4 months past my last cancer treatment (stopped due to neuropathy) for metastatic cervical adenocarcinoma and my cancer is stable so far but, barring a miracle, I know it will return and I fear that looking good makes people think that I will be fine.