Cancer

I had been told in June, but test results have shown that, beyond a doubt, my father has throat cancer. He'll be going in for chemotherapy five times a week for the next seven weeks. So far, he's refusing to quite smoking or drinking. And considering his demanding work hours, I'm rather confused as to how expects to continue with his job. But he has always worked, and I can't see him giving it up. His father died of throat cancer before I was born.

My grandmother also has breast cancer, which was discovered several months ago. She's in chemo as well, but she's doing pretty well emotionally. I believe she said to my mother that she "didn't know what was wrong" with her. She felt that she should be depressed and terribly sad, but was instead feeling very optimistic. Her husband died of colon cancer when I was six.