Charlotte, Jools, I'm really sorry to hear all this bad news. Keep your chins up (that's just the one chin each - I'm not saying you've got more than one chin ....
). Things can only get better, that's what I always say, and 'everything happens for a reason' which I find impossible to believe when you're talking about death or serious illness but those things are inevitable, part of life, so we just have to cope with them, however we can.
Look on the bright side, Charlotte, you picked the shortest month to have your worst one
That's was very clever of you - in fact, put it on your CV
Someone with your timing and insight will be snapped up
[Edited on 15-2-2006 by Redruth]