The not having or being close to support is a royal pain. I was 170 miles away with nothing but snow and ice covered roads to the hospital. I had help getting to the hospital, no problem there. But when it was time to leave after ten days it was, no you can't drive, no you can't fly, no not even in a small plane at 1000 feet in the air only, you need to stay on the ground. 170 road miles is one hell of a taxi fare, and then the taxi charges more because their driver needs to get back to town, and then their is the fact it is a three and a half to four hour drive, so there is the possibility of extra fees because of the number of hours involved. Insurance helping to pay for the ride home? Not likely, they will pay for the ride to the hospital but not home from the hospital. The hospital did find a company that would take me almost home, from their hospital to the hospital in my town. Then it's a taxi from there.

So yes it is going to be very hard without having a close in support person to help during those times. Rural life is nice and relaxing, but when it comes to the big medical problems sometime the local hospital does not have the doctors needed.

Anyway, yeah, scary those words you have a tumor, you have cancer, we need to get it out of you. And then comes the waiting, and the test, and then the decision are you healthy enough for the surgery, the medical world seems to think we need to fix this right away means in six months, not next week.