It's not good, not good at all

Yesterday morning was not very nice for Mr M and I. First there was the phone call I took from Mr M's sister to say that her husband has something far worse than the aneamia he was diagnosed with after Christmas, he now has bowel cancer as well. There are more tests happening this weekend.
They have had such a terrible time as Mr M's sister hasn't long been given the all clear after having breast cancer.

Another friend of ours back home is currently undergoing chemo as the doctors also found that she had cancer after complaining about pain in her jaw. The chemo is knocking her for six but she is responding well to it. Hopefully she will get the all clear too.

With all these cases of cancer happening in the familly and to friends, I also got a message yesterday that another friend who has been battling cancer for 12 years is critically ill in hospital. The doctors are giving her days but they have said that before and she still pulled through but now they have stopped treating her so it's a case of playing the waiting game and making sure that she is comfortable. It's just so sad that after fighting for so long that they can't do anymore for her. God bless her, she still is in good spirits and talks about it all so matter of factly. She has more courage than I could ever hope of having.