It's just too true that life doesn't just go back to the way it was pre-cancer.

Exactly. I felt like, on the show, everyone expected too much and not enough from her at the same time. I think it was handled badly, but I also think it's handed badly in real life a lot of the time too, so it was probably realistic in that sense.

I'm so glad that you enjoyed this piece and that you found you could related to it, I must have done something right!