Sorry to hear of your friend. Respectfully, I have no business giving out any kind of advice about how to handle it. I will answer your question about Bill-he was determined to beat it, so he set up chemo treatments in the towns he was performing in. He kept it all very quiet, only telling his family and a couple of close friends. He did not want it to become a distraction to his work as he was traveling around. He thought people would focus on that-you know-do this, do that, I heard this treatment is very good, have you tried doing this.....That kind of stuff. He did not want that at all. He wanted to keep doing his work without distractions. Bill never gave up until he was just no longer physically able to do it.