Tex is right on and as an 80's lady you probably view life fairly similarly- meet a challenge head-on and overcome it. Heck, from very early age we are brought up to think that you fix what needs fixing. When it comes to medical stuff, many of us were brought up to think that modern medicine & its doctors can 'fix what ails ya'. Sadly, some of us will have to learn this is not always true, even doctors have trouble not being able to make the diagnosis & cure

"Acceptance" can be a very bitter pill to swallow. Some of can learn to accept that we can't overcome everything; some of us struggle with not being "in control"; and some of us never quite get to that point. This is a journey with an unknown destination (says a gal who plans out trips, has a GPS, keeps to a schedule and gets nutty if I have to change course midway...)