Definitely not making light of it .. ..the procedure is reasonably simple (some docs even do it in there office instead of a hospital as an outpatient thing) but like everything there is always a risk. Cancer is cancer and none of its good. Im sure you handled the news better than my mom. The first time I told her I had cancer we were in her kitchen doing dishes, she was washing, I was drying and I said mom I have something to tell you .. I told her and her reply was "no you dont" She didnt look at me .. she didnt acknowledge it ... I was just standing there in shock .. ok then. She told me later that she just didnt want to accept that it was there. Last year when I finally told her, she didnt say a word .. just hugged me. Its rough. Its scary.... and like I said, I just wish they would call it something else