Cancer-Free is the Way to Be!

Good news. After 11 rounds of chemotherapy and some not so fun side-effects, my dad was declared NED (no evidence of disease) today! Yay! They said that if it's likely to come back it will be within the next 3-5 years, so he will continue to have regular check-ups.

My dad wrote a poem for the occasion:

I'm now cancer free

Oh what a joy

I now can return

to a bright, cheerful boy

My colon has passed

every test in the book

but 6 months from now

they'll take one more look

I'm done with the drugs

(they call it chemo)

whatever the name

I don't feel the same-o

So 5 years from now

is what I am planning

To spend time on the beach

doing nothing but tanning

Three cheers for being cancer-free!