news definitely isn't always good

Unfortunately I received some really bad news a few days ago.  One of my friends from cancer clinic passed away.  She was only 15 and had a different type of cancer than I do, but it was really difficult and upsetting to hear.  This is a tragedy that I was most definitely not used to dealing with.  I'm used to seeing treatment plans go well, and yes the treatment makes you sick and sore, but you pull out of it and get better eventually.  It was really surprising to hear, because it was so out of the blue, she just didn't recover one time and I didn't really know that could happen.  So not only did I lose someone I care about, but it also makes me wonder if that will happen to me.  I never really considered death to be something that could happen, I just assumed that the treatments would work, but death is very real in any cancer situation, and that really scares me.