I think we all deal with serious health problems in our own way, clearly family and close friends were top of my list and that's probably the case for most of us. However, I did find watching, following and chatting about DCFC did help especially at those low moments when it really 'gets you'!
When I was told two years, maybe more if the treatment worked, then, for me, all outlets were eagerly grasped. When some of that time involved 3 months of chemo followed by surgery and then 38 whacks of radiotherapy even watching England at cricket seemed readily acceptable.
For others it could be other pastimes but anything that gives the mind a release should not be sniffed at. 8 years later and further surgery the Grim Reaper is ever present bht now it's the cricket that'll shut him up!