“Done!”

Before going to bed last night, Yr Fthfl Srvnt fired up his Facebook. There was notification my aquacise-instructor “updated her status.”
I switched to that. It was a long paean about cancer treatment. How chemo and radiation degrade one’s immune-system.
“Uh-oh!” I said to myself. My wife endured both, but cancer took her anyway. Cancer kills its host, and thereby kills itself.
That aquacise-instructor and I are miles apart. But I don’t wanna lose another.
I concentrated hard = trying to read word-for-word. As a stroke-survivor my mind wanders.
I guess my aquacise-instructor doesn’t have cancer, but she was bewailing the so-called “friends” of those having cancer. That such friendships are often fleeting.
“If you need help, I’m here to help.” I heard it many times myself. Then they disappear.
A Facebook “like,” a tearful emoji, “so sorry,” “prayers.”
“So who are your real friends?” she asked.
The one who always drove my wife to the hospital, then finally had to say goodbye.
I sure hope that aquacise-instructor doesn’t have cancer. My wife was the one supposed to make 100, but cancer won.

• RE: “Done!” —My aquacise-instructor wanted readers to comment “Done” instead of “sharing,” which to her indicates her 332-word post wasn’t completely read. (That’s Facebook “sharing.”)
• I do aquatic balance training in the Canandaigua YMCA’s swimming-pool, two hours per week — plus a third hour on my own.
• My wife of over 44 years died of cancer April 17th, 2012. I still miss her. BEST friend I ever had, and after my childhood I needed one. She actually liked me. (Not a Facebook “like.”)
• I had a stroke October 26th, 1993 from an undiagnosed heart-defect since repaired. I pretty much recovered. Poor reading concentration is a stroke-effect — for me it’s minor.