I hear ya Terry. My 51yo cousin was having a bit of respiratory distress June 1. Long story short, she has ovarian carcinoma that has metastasized to her liver (too many tumors to count), lung-severe dyspnia, brain-2 good size tumors. She is on palliative chemo and won't see Christmas.
And a friend of mine in DC died this morning-the rehab facility she was in couldn't manage her CHF. Totally sucks!