These numbers are meaningless until they intersect with your life. Every time you see the "20% chance of recurrence" or whatever, remember that it doesn't functionally mean anything. Not really. We do our best, we live our lives, we move forward. Things happen, many of which are completely out of our hands. Everyone will fall on one side or another of those statistics. Hopefully you're lucky. Sometimes you're not. That's ok. When you fall on the statistically improbable side, especially for bad news, you really get to reckon with how much of your life is just dealing with whatever happens while you are alive. It really is ok. You can live happily with this knowledge, I promise. Doing so just involves letting go of the expectations you had about what your life would look like. This can be a gift.
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