Last week Dave and I saw the movie, 50/50. It's about a 27 year old guy who's diagnosed with cancer and given a 50/50 chance of survival.The cancer guy is played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (that kid from Third Rock From the Sun - only all grown up - sort of.) His buddy is Seth Rogen who's famous for his potty mouth. The fame is richly deserved in this movie.
Despite that, I liked the movie. It's sweet. The characters don't know how to react or even how to talk to their friend who may be dying. Even his therapist is inept.
This is kind of how we are about death and other serious matters. We don't know how to talk about them. When my husband, Ken was in a dialysis unit every other day for several years and ONE THIRD of the patients died each year - this is how they dealt with it: They didn't.
We need to find better skills for talking with each other about serious and scary issues. Because our chances of dying aren't 50/50.
They're 100 per cent.
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