I have tweaked a quote in a book review on aging that I like to be relevant to OCF. It is sometimes enough to acknowledge the fear and accept it as the way our world is now so it does not paralyze nor terrify.

[quote]Don't feel that surviving Cancer successfully requires you to be a serene, above-it-all, smiley-faced optimist. If what you really are is a "discontented work in progress," go for it. And, if you can do so, find some pleasure in the world as it actually is, without counting on the imminent triumphs of science to allow you to be skydiving in your 90s. [/quote]
Thoughts to myself as I get my second year post surgery MRI tomorrow. Results in about 10 days (they have to go thru my doctor first)
Charm
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