I have a really big broom for sweeping things under the carpet and out of the way. Not!! bad things do happen throughout our lives, we overcome them or we sink into the abyss of woe-is-me syndrome. I'm pretty good at treading the rough waters.

As for Hospital cost: Lung Surgery, then 10 days in the hospital, just the Hospital stay, not the surgery, over $200,000 dollars. Fortunately health insurance covered all of that because at the time I had already reached the catastrophic coverage level of out of pocket expense of $15,000. Not cheap, but still kicking so no real complaints about the cost. it all becomes relative after awhile. It took over three years to pay the majority that I personally owed, but it did get paid.