A few quotes ... of reality, and encouragement for my friend:
"My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life." ~Olivia Newton-John
"During chemo, you're more tired than you've ever been. It's like a cloud passing over the sun, and suddenly you're out. You don't know how you'll answer the door when your groceries are delivered. But you also find that you're stronger than you've ever been. You're clear. Your mortality is at optimal distance, not up so close that it obscures everything else, but close enough to give you depth perception. Previously, it has taken you weeks, months, or years to discover the meaning of an experience. Now it's instantaneous." ~Melissa Bank
The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart. ~Nikolai Lenin
Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death. ~Author Unknown
We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails. ~Author Unknown
Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear.
~Author Unknown
Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles. ~Alex Karras
There is much in the world to make us afraid. There is much more in our faith to make us unafraid. ~Frederick W. Cropp