The King

[lexin]

I see in the news that the King has been diagnosed with cancer.

I feel sorry for him in that way one feels sorry for people to whom one is not connected in any way but who are going through a rather bad time.

I hope it's a type of cancer which has a good survival rate - my Aged P had bowel cancer in 1991, was operated on in 1992 and then survived until 2011 when she died of a heart attack. So she survived the cancer really well.

It would be good if he survived like that - we've already spent a ton of public money on the late Queen's funeral and the subsequent Coronation. I know people may think me mean, but I am sort of mean. Sorry.

Comments

[corvidology]

I had the same type of emotional response of just being sorry to hear that diagnosis for anyone.

I've lost too many people I love to cancer.

[lexin]

Same here. I've lost many friends and colleagues to cancer, too many.