>>24568619
I don't really have any thoughts on literature except maybe reading Ecclesiastes.

My wife had cancer 3 times and survived. You come out of the experience bewildered and with more questions than answers. I work with chronically ill people as well and I get the feeling many of them have not learned any sort of sage wisdom about aging and illness either. I think the best thing you can do in this regard is to love your youth and to not take your capable body for granted, but also to age gracefully so that your eventual breakdown doesn't come as a surprise, but something you had been planning for.