The DNDN board on IV is filled with great guys, many who have lost friends, family, loved ones, or are suffering themselves. This post today from someone who is afflicted.
I had a good 6 month check up at my doc's. He gave me a year to live. I picked 2036.
That's every bit as good, if not better, than OscarWilde's deathbed observation - either this wallpaper goes, or I do.