"She’s a great person to have cancer with, which sounds like a weird statement now that I say it out loud."

"She’s so strong and I admire the way she handles it, and it gives me the strength to handle it even better. I wouldn’t want to have cancer with anybody else but her."

NYT link to a story about a husband and wife, aged 38 and 36, who find out, within 9 days of each other, that both have cancer.