The Hole I Thought I'd Never Fill.1909-S VDB Gift

Congratulations on the beautiful addition! Here's to your full recovery!
Jon

Congratulations!

So glad to hear that you made it through this.

Absolutely!

Thanks all for the well wishes. February and March were pretty horrible for us with a lot of hospital time, but it's been getting better steadily since April. By August, I should be near 100%. Unfortunately, my cancer is the kind that comes back in 7-10 years, but that's for future me to deal with (and there are some new treatments in development).

Not to preach, but prior to this diagnosis, I had never been in the hospital before. I'm 51, and I've always been the healthy guy (no family history of cancer) who goes to the gym at lunch every day. So, I've been on a crusade to let folks know about my condition/diagnosis and remind everyone to get checked regularly. My lymphoma was hidden until it was very serious, but so many other types of cancer can be detected early (ie. get your darn colonoscopy!!). Also, it is important to get and stay as healthy as possible so you can withstand a sucker punch like this. Being healthy/fit going into this allowed them to pursue a very aggressive treatment. Otherwise, the outcome may have been very different.

Congrats!
It's a beaut...