Since we seem to be on a roll here --
My neighbor stopped by today for a chat in between raindrops. He hobbles around because they're removing parts of his feet at random intervals due to diabetes. He's holding his own and is amazingly upbeat about it. However, his wife had a double mastectomy some months back and is not doing well at all. She's a young woman, somewhere in her 40's or early 50's, and still working whenever she can. She's also having so many complications with the meds she's on that he's been sitting up nights with her expecting her to stop breathing.
These are the best neighbors I've ever had.