2 1/2 year checkup done...

...and all is good - chest x-ray, bloodwork scope and physical examinations.  The only comment of any concern was from the hematology oncologist who said that my neck was a little tight and to keep after the daily stretching because "You don't want to let that slip away".  No scar tissue anywhere, inside or out, and everything is working properly.

I do have one clarification I need to make.  I said in a reply somewhere along the way that I had proton radiation therapy.  Well, I either misheard or misremembered because that was not the case.  I had photon therapy, which is IMRT.  My RO said that he would like to have a proton radiation machine but he's not convinced that it is useful enough to warrant 3 times the cost of IMRT.  In his opinion the best place ti use proton radiation would be in children.  In example, if a child had cancer in the spine the proton therapy would not pass through the effected area and damage other organs.  I forgot to ask him about baroreceptors.  It was on the tip of my tongue, but I must have gotten distracted (doesn't take mush to distract me) and forgot to ask.  But I know that the carotid arery was affected and that after so many years my risk of stroke increases 1%-2%.  I'm not going to worry about something like that since worrying does no good.  I'll take a baby aspirin every other day, or how ever often I can (I bruise terribly when I take apirin) and go about my life.

While I'm at it, Happy Thanksgiving to all!