Irrational thoughts

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• Is this going to kill me? A: I believe the answer is yes.
• Okay, when? Soon? A: I don't know.
• Well, do you get to live a few years? A: I don't know.
• Can you get a more specific date for planning purposes? A: My oncologist refuses to give an expiration date.
• Doesn't that mess with your head? A: In theory yes, but without cancer I felt I'd live to late 70s or 80s anyway, although in reality I could die on the Interstate or in the local rotary, or hit by a meteorite, whatever, but those are all maybes whereas I know the cancer is a definite taker-down, just don't know when.
• Are you special? A: Apparently not.