“You mean this big bandage on my nose? "
“Yeah, what elese.”
“If you live long enough stuff starts happening, right?"
“Well. . .”
“I got the Big C.”
“Jeez, sorry, I thought it might have been rhinoplasty. Or maybe some jealous guy caught you coming out his back door. But I don’t mean to make light of it.”
“You couldn’t have known.”
“So what are your chances?”
“They say they’re pretty good. They scooped the bad stuff out and sewed a flap on there.”
“When does it get better?”
“I said the chances were good.”