[nytrainer]

Well, I cannot just read this without replying. So glad to hear of your good news and good wishes for health go out to all those here and their families.

[GRUMPASTOY]

Congrats!

The wife just got her "all clear" last week after radiation and chemo throughtout the summer and fall, also had MOH's surgery for skin cancer 2 weeks ago...

Always glad to hear the success stories such as yours.... go take a well deserved vacation!

[2002Z4CSS]

Hope you are all well.

[se428bandit]

Congrats on the good news and Merry Christmas.

[vidguy]

I am so happy to hear this. All the best to you, your family and all the others fighting illnesses..

[Cerberus]

Awesome news!
Merry Christmas.

[60man]

Great news for sure goatboy !!! Merry Christmas.. I have a couple of years on my 5 year plan yet..Chemo sux but is a means for the cure...I have some "after effects" and when I mention them to my Oncologist he just says " I did that to you"...and smiles. Lost a little hearing and a whole lot of body parts...but life is good.
Good for you. Enjoy ..

[carcrazy]

Great news, no doubt a huge relief to you and your family!

[Mattman]

I sure am happy for you.
That's a great blessing.
My wife has been in remission for 11 months now and she's sticking to a mostly organic diet.

Keep us posted and our prayers are with you.
Go Enjoy Life

All the best

[grandville455]

CONGRATS!! I'M Happy for you!

[72pontiac]

some good news in a sea of bad had me tearing up out of pure joy of your news. Glory to God.

[Norwood]

Great news for Christmas and the start of a new year.

[Qball]

Great news!!! Congratulations and continued good luck and well wishes in the future. Merry Christmas!

[irgoatmike]

What great news! As I prepare to help my Dad fight his second round with Cancer it is good to hear of your win! Merry Christmas! Irgoatmike

[bullheimer]

Thank God! all the best. the bull

[hurryinhoosier62]

Fantastic news. Best Christmas present you could ask for.

[400 4spd.]

Congratulations Goatboy! My 79 y.o. mother-in-law had her last radiation treatment two weeks ago and is doing fine.
Too many people fighting this stuff.

[Firedup6975]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

[Firedup6975]

Originally Posted by 69goatboy

I received some damned good news today.
I finished up chemo last week and had a CT scan on Tuesday.
I got the official "all clear" message from my Oncologist earlier today.

So, I am now officially cancer free.I'll still have to go the docs a few times a year the next 5 years for various pokes, prods, and scopes. They tell me that if I can remain cancer free for 5 years, the re-occurrence rate is statistically zero.

I was diagnosed with stage 3b colon cancer back in February. That resulted in surgery to shorten my exhaust pipe by about a foot. 18 lymph nodes were in the portion that was removed, with 8 of them showing cancer activity, a high number I'm told. So the next step was 8 chemo infusions. During the 6th, I became severely allergic to the main chemo drug, so I stopped there and went into 28 radiation treatments and chemo pills. When that was done, I took even more chemo pills for 3 more months (to replace the almost 3 infusions that I didn't get), the last of which I took last week.

So, now I get the distinct pleasure to go home and tell my kids that I am no longer sick and they can have their daddy back.

Christmas came early for me this year.

My thoughts and prayers go out to those still fighting the fight and their loved ones that are going through the battle as well.

I am one of the ones who can actually say......I know how you feel Hearing two words never felt so good>>>>>> Cancer Free

[Bob Rutledge]

Great to hear. Cancer hits way to many people, glad you are one of the ones to beat it.