Yes Legend I can be.
Dris, thank you for your kind thoughts. I know exactly what you went through having seen my ex husband's aunt die of cancer and then two years later having to nurse his mother through good times and bad until such time as she eventually succumbed. Anyone who has ever seen anyone die of cancer would not make a joke of it.
Normally I ignore the idiot. Just having spent a considerable amount of time on the phone with my dad who is desperately upset about his sister (and to make matters worse, his other sister's husband has just been diagnosed with bone cancer, although there is some hope there) this evening, I am likely to hit out at those who make fun of it.