I'm very sorry to hear this. All I could say that if I knew you, I would have tried to help you out with your illness. It was a year ago at this time when I had prostate cancer surgery. After I was released from the hospital I had to recover all by myself. The only friend that I had was gone on a trip for two weeks just a day after I got released. There were volunteers that were going to get food for me. But some of them were no help as some didn't show up. And then no one wanted to spend a little time with me just to talk to me and see how I was doing.

Sometimes people make such a big deal about being "alone". I feel like I have been alone for almost my whole life; or I should say, almost my whole life when I left my parents and went on my own. I've even had people remark to me saying things like, "how can you stand it being alone as your are? I would die if I were in your place."

I think that you are a real tough trooper to get through your illness like you did. I think that many others (including me) would not have gotten through it successfully like you did.