You are right, Carrie, there is no money that can buy good health. There cannot be one of us but hasn't lost a loved one or dear friend because of cancer.
However - and this is a purely personal view - I do not agree that patients (famous or not) should parade the stages of the illness on television. In fact, I find it highly disturbing. We had a similar situation over here, where a person called Jade Goody also went public with her illness, up to the time of her death. I am not a television person, but any time I turned on the set to even see the news, there were other harrowing scenes. Life is harrowing enough, heaven knows, without having to view this poor woman suffering.
IMO, it is more dignified to keep such a highly personal episode in life private.
Best to all
Seven