Also known as the K�bler-Ross model, which I did not know until today. Here they are, as a point of reference. The stages are: 1. Denial: Example - "I feel fine."; "This can't be happening."'Not to me!" 2. Anger: Example - "Why me? It's not fair!" "NO! NO! How can you accept this!" 3. Bargaining: Example - "Just let me live to see my children graduate."; "I'll do anything, can't you stretch it out? A few more years." 4. Depression: Example - "I'm so sad, why bother with anything?"; "I'm going to die . . . What's the point?" 5. Acceptance: Example - "It's going to be OK."; "I can't fight it, I may as well prepare for it." I am firmly in stage 1. I can't believe, fully, that this has happened for a second straight year.