Just checking in to let you know that...

[alfredo]

As of May 3 it's been 1 year since I finished treatment.

Cancer free for one year. So far so good.

[lunasun]

1. Awesome! Celebrate!

[Staph]

2. Congratulations!

What they don't tell you is that you will have small moments of paranoia before every doctor's appointment hereafter. Scary, but it makes the good news from those appointments even sweeter. Celebrate!

[alfredo]

24. I don't tend toward paranoia. I have an adversarial relationship with cancer.

If it comes back, I will take that as a challenge.

Right now my concern is my Thyroid. My TSH levels are fine due o the Synthroid. I will get an ultrasound Wednesday to check on my Thyroid.

[Solly Mack]

3. Yes! That one year mark is awesome!

I am so happy for you.

[Canoe52]

4. Congrats my friend!

[True Dough]

5. Hey alfredo

I don't know you. I haven't been part of your journey. You and I may not have exchanged words in the relatively short time I've been part of the forum.

That said, I'm happy for you. I want everyone to overcome cancer. Damn awful disease. Enjoy each day!

[iluvtennis]

16. Well said...I agree +++ Go party alfredo.

[alfredo]

25. Thanks. It's been an interesting journey.

[skylucy]

6. That's great!

[lunamagica]

7. AWESOME!

Congratulations!

[MFM008]

8. congrats

keep fighting!

[PennyK]

9. Mazel tov!

Good for you! I never realized how long this sort of treatment and recovery would be, and how many small steps were involved. i recently passed my one year since the start of treatment, and that felt pretty strange.

[alfredo]

28. It is a long slog. I still need my feeding tube.

My beard has not grown back, but there's enough for a pitiful goatee. I hadn't shaved since August 1969, so I guess it was time for a change. The goatee was my wife's idea. I even bought a norelco shaver. I love gadgets

[luvMIdog]

10. That's wonderful. May you remain that way always

[alfredo]

29. Thank you

[PoliticAverse]

11. Best wishes to you! n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Yay, alfredo! I am so happy to hear this great news!

[KT2000]

13. That's great!

Happy for you!

[calimary]

14. Excellent!

Now THAT'S something worth celebrating!

Thanks for letting us know, alfredo!

[alfredo]

30. Thanks. I did a happy dance, but it made me cough.

[calimary]

45. D

[ProudProgressiveNow]

15. +1000

[JHan]

17. Excellent! :) Congrats.

[trusty elf]

18. Great news, alfredo!

Best wishes to you!

[alfredo]

31. Thanks.

[alfredo]

36. Thanks.

[C Moon]

19. Congrats Alfredo! That must be such a relief!!!

[alfredo]

37. Sure has been

[Ms. Toad]

20. Fantastic!

[Skittles]

21. alfredo, kicking cancer ass

yes INDEED

[alfredo]

32. I'll do it again if I have to.

[Skittles]

39. yes you will

you will kick it even harder because you know what to expect. Yes INDEED!

[alfredo]

35. With the help of the VA and Marley Cancer Center.

[Skittles]

40. I'm a veteran

I've never used the VA but always have it in mind if I get laid off

[alfredo]

66. Yes indeed

[sinkingfeeling]

22. Great to hear!

[niyad]

23. excellent news!!

[MontanaMama]

26. Hear Hear!!

Good wins today! Glad you are here and happy you're still in the fight with the rest of us.

[alfredo]

33. Hell yes.

[JPPaverage]

27. yay!

Very happy to hear that. Let's hope you have many more healthy years.

[alfredo]

34. Thanks. I want to live long enough to see a Dem reelected as president.

[alfredo]

38. Your support over this past year has been essential to my recovery

I haven't been around much lately.

[CrispyQ]

41. Wonderful news!

[bettyellen]

42. Happy to read this!

[panader0]

43. Congratulations.

Stick around--I want my photographer daughter to met you (online).

[alfredo]

49. Thank you. I hope to be around until I become a burden on my family

[sarge43]

44. Keep on truckin', alfredo.

Congrats and good vibes.

[alfredo]

60. Sure will.

[MLAA]

46. Super news!

Thanks for sharing the wonderful news and congrats!

[alfredo]

62. My doctors were wonderful, especially the VA for saving my life

[rurallib]

47. hitting that mark must give you some relief

big congratulations.

We need you around to help get rid of Trump.

[alfredo]

63. I'll be there to see him re enter private life, or federal "housing."

[Mountain Mule]

48. Good for you!

May you have many, many, many, many, many cancer free, healthy years to come!

[Mira]

50. What a wonderful gift you were given

......and so were all of us here and your family to keep you around for our own benefits.

[alfredo]

64. Thanks. one in-law only wants me around for my homemade fudge

[Me.]

51. ...

[Tanuki]

52. What blessed news! Thanks for sharing that and bringing joy to all of us!

[democrank]

53. Keep on keeping on, alfredo.

Glad the VA helped you.

[LyndaG]

54. Very happy for you !!!!!!!

[mia]

55. So happy for you!

Thanks for your post.

[shenmue]

56. Yay

[snacker]

57. Hooray!

[Laffy Kat]

58. Yay! It calls for a major celebration.

Throw a party or take a cruise or something.

[mnhtnbb]

59. Hooray! And I'll be looking for your thread announcing 2 years

next May.

Enjoy every day!

[alfredo]

61. Yeah, it feels good

[alfredo]

65. Thanks for the support. It really helps

[Marthe48]

67. Wonderful news

I just came to see how everyone is doing Keep it up!

[alfredo]

68. Thanks.

I went to a Mother's Day cookout. I ate a variety of foods. It was a real breakthrough.