Keep that "Nothing Gets To This One I Love" attitude, Jeff. I can tell you first hand, it's isn't so much the *doubt* that eats away at the person being affected. It's more the **fear**. And usually, the people that show the most fear ( and it's certainly a natural reaction ) are the people around them, i.e. family and friends. I learned the first time around, you cannot show any fear. Cancer feeds on stress and the stress almost always comes from fear of the unknown. I never had a doubt in 07 that I was going to be fine. I never "reasoned it out", I never "weighed the odds", etc... it simply never occurred to me that I was ever going to be anything other than "ok". Same with this time. And the biggest stress factor in this entire process is for my wife. She KNOWS I'll be ok, but there is always that tiny part of her that knows the fear that I might NOT be "OK". And it's hard on her. Very hard. But all in all, we're all doing just fine. It's a long, drawn-out process that is, all things told, a major pain in the a55. But going through it all certainly beats the alternative.
I've no idea who it is you're referring to, but you have my absolute best wishes for them. And if you want my opinion? They'll be fine. Just be as sure of that, for them, as you are that you'll wake up tomorrow morning...
Thanks again, Jeff.