Who needs the drama from the first sentence when you've got the honesty in the second. Your blog was one of the most powerful pieces of writing I've ever read. I don't know if part of that is because we know each other or not, but one doesn't need to be ill to benefit immensely from your writing, if only from the perspective it offers. We are, after all, all mortal. Thoughts are with you as always, and it's worth mentioning that what's most admirable (to me anyway) is the stuff you've been kicking ass on since March last year in between rounds of chemo. Archmage dude.(I'm anticipating a much milder treatment this time around than the first time, so I can't promise anything dramatic. I will promise the truth, neither sweetened nor made to seem worse that it is.)