So for the past week and a half, I've been re-watching my Grey's Anatomy DVDs. One thing I've noticed is that in just about every other episode, a patient learns that they are going to die soon and they bravely take this awful news. I can't help but put myself in that position and think that I highly doubt that I would handle that kind of news as well. I mean, they all say something like, "It's ok, I'll be ok. I've accepted my fate. My cancer and I are friends." Like hell! God! How on earth can they be ok with this kind of prognosis? I would be freaking out if I heard I had a month left to live!! What if I found out that I was going to die? Well, I would be calling all my friends and family, and planning a trip to Europe and listening to as much music as possible, reading every book on my to-read list, smelling every flower, eating cupcakes, making love and so many other things. Of course before all of that, I would cry and cry. What would you do? How would you react to this news?
I guess we'll never know how to react to news before it really happens to us. I hope I never find out what it's like to discover that I'm dying and I hope that I never get to hear that my loved one is dying.
In the words of my sister, let's hope "the best is yet to be".
First of all, you're that hard up for TV that you are watching old "Grey's Anatomys"?
ReplyDeleteSecondly, if I were battling cancer or some other terrible disease, this news might come as a blessing.
I'm not afraid to die, but one month goes by pretty fast...
I suppose I'd be making a lot of phone calls and flying around the world to see those I hold near and dear.
I wouldn't waste my time reading, but music would be a must.
I'd try to tackle as many things on my "Buried List" as I could and I'd write letters, look through photos and enjoy those 30 days to their absolute fullest.