My grandmother believed in 3's, especially bad news coming in 3's. You should be out'a the woods until the next set of 3 comes along. She also survived melanoma (I hereby send some of her left-over butterflies for Pax's friend Linda), living to be 15 weeks shy of either 100 or 101, depending on what story or documents you believed in. (Note to those seeking the fountain of youth: Try becoming a refugee, be sure not to carry ID, then find a good forger to make new ID for you while pulling a year or two off your age. Oh, and keep exercizing so you can live to enjoy the extra time.)