From your comments, I am led to believe you've never experienced what it is like to be a family member and have a relative with colon cancer. Or you are just getting anecdotal information.
As someone whose husband had a 4 year battle with colon cancer when he was 48 and died at 52, I can tell you that in the early stages of diagnosis, you are in a real weird place emotionally as a family member. The possibility of losing a younger person, sibling or husband, to a terrible, devastating disease is much different than losing an 84 year-old, like JLD did, that lived a long life. Not to mention, an incredibly wealthy life. I'm assuming Bishme's sister is not that old and in addition to the great toll a cancer battle takes on her and her loved ones, she may not have the resources that a JLD family does so cancer could bankrupt them. Good luck working through the pain, Bishme's sister! He is likely facing a very real possibility of taking on a lot of her responsibilities in addition to trying to make money in a difficult industry.
Also I quibble with your "won't have any effects for a week or two..." When my husband was first diagnosed, he was already suffering pain from the cancer itself -- forget about the actual treatments. And when he was diagnosed, he started radiation therapy shortly after and it has its own really unpleasant side effects. In fact, after his first week of radiation treatments and other tests, he looked so awful, I broke down in tears in the bathroom.
I'm not exactly sure where Bishme's sister is in the treatment stage. Maybe I missed that discussion. But having lived through it, I would never downplay anyone's depression, fear over a loved one's cancer battle and how that impacted their work. I can't even imagine being under the timeclock, competition pressure and being in grief over your sister battling the second highest cause of death. His situation is far different from losing your elderly parent and accepting accolades.
Your other comment about Bishme being "pampered all of his life" is really galling esp. when you are comparing what you think is JLD's amazing perseverance. JLD was born extremely wealthy. She never had to be homeless to pursue her dream. I love JLD and she's very talented, but talk about someone who benefited from white privilege all her life!
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