When you're stuck on "why me" physics gives you an immediate way to think again about your life

(c)1998 by Thaves. Distributed from www.thecomics.com

It's not "why me" that matters when you have cancer - although I've heard this often.

I've had two different aggressive cancers. How you react is very individual but "why me" won’t help you or the people around you.

Recently on "24 Hours In Emergency" (UK Channel 4) a middle-aged woman was admitted with abnormally low blood pressure. The doctors fixed that quickly with drugs and then sent her for a scan.

The scan picked up a cancer. Unfortunately, it was malignant.

​In the outro interview, she lamented "why me". There was a pregnant silence as the outro faded on her numb expression.

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