I don't think that when your time comes, you will be thinking about all the TV you missed - but those fires and the stars....priceless life experience. We have an antenna on our house, no cable - and Netflix only because SWMBO decided to get it. I don't watch anything, really - though I did watch all the Firefly episodes on NF several months ago, one at a time. Just can't make myself sit in front of the tube for that many hours in a row. Not that I don't spend plenty of time on the internet, mind - but I stand at my computer and it's in my shop so I frequently am doing other things besides being glued to the screen.
That said, C-bear: I hope you start to feel better soon. I imagine "that sucks" doesn't begin to scratch the surface of what you're going through.