Less than a year ago, I lost my brother-in-law to cancer that had started in his kidneys and then exploded throughout his body. Good guy, ex-Marine, would give you the shirt off his back. Over this last Christmas, I lost my new grand nephew (and who would have been my BILs grandson) who, with his twin, was born prematurely, but did not pull through.
In April my wife of 35 years was diagnosed with uterine and ovarian cancer. She had surgery and is currently in chemo with radiation to follow. The cancer was extensive, but there is hope that they got it all. Time will tell.
This Thursday, I was diagnosed with liver and pancreatic cancer. At this point, it is too early to tell what the prognosis is. I have a lot of tough road ahead of me, regardless. Our daughter is a basket case at the moment with both her parents with cancer at the same time. I suspect there is going to be little time or ability to get the to range much for a while ... or any more for that matter.
Yesterday, we got the news that another BIL of mine had a heart attack and is looking at a quad or quintuple by-pass surgery. He is also a good guy and a shooter. We usually went to the range together when he was here to visit. Don't know what his long term prognosis is at this point either.
All in all, it has been a horrible year. I apologize for the downer post, but I just had to write it out somewhere, just to see if I could get it to sink in. Thanks for listening.
Sometimes, I guess there just aren't enough rocks.