My dad has beat Thyroid cancer twice and now it's back again. He's been living with it for 2 years now...and I don't really think about it. After he went into surgery the first time it hit me, but I guess over time, you accept it, appreciate the time that you spend with them and wait on the call to rush to their death-bed...A very morbid thought but it's a part of life and eventually, will happen to all of us.