Denial and or bargaining are the first stage of grief and perfectly normal and to be expected. The different stages often don't come in order and multiple stages can occur simultaneously.

This link will explain the process and variations to it:

http://www.cancersurvivors.org/Coping/end%20term/stages.htm

Most institutions and many churches offer grief support as well as hospice.

Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)