Cancer bad. Stage 1 good.
As for the losing parents thing, well, mine are both gone and I knew I was destined to be without them by a certain point. I was always the kid in school with the oldest parents, and my mom's side had all kinds of health issues. My dad's parents were longer-lived, but grandpa was a little spindly guy and dad was not. They were 70 and 75. Both from cancer. Mom had various skin cancers over the years, but some kind of abdominal cancer ultimately got her. Dad had a lump in his esophagus, was at least stage 3 when they found it. He did well on chemo for a bit, and then switching to radiation knocked him right the fuck out. Whatever your situation, I imagine it's better than this. I mean, it has to be, right? You still have your mom.
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