Intro to the new guy

Good morning all, Scubadan here with the short version.  I was diagnosed with colon CA met to the liver in Sept 2008. After my colon resection aand then a small bowel obstruction surgery (caused by the 1st surgery) I started chemo with the biweekly Folfiri regimin and it kept the liver lesions at bay for a little over 3 yrs. A few 3 mo periods of "remission" in those three years, then the Folfiri stopped working very well.  My doc switched me to biweekly Folfox, but that only worked for about 10 cycles.  We moved on to Erbitux (Cetuximab) and now after 10 weekly cycles of Erbitux I'm waiting for my latest CEA results. I've had a total of 96 cycles of chemo over the last 4 1/2 yrs and I still feel good, work 40hrs a week, landscape my yard, and expect to wake up every morning.  My doc says, Dan, face it, you're just different. You walked in here with stage 4b CA and you should have been dead 2 yrs ago. I say, I'm 61 yrs old, I have a great support prayer group, coworkers, friends, and mostly a wife of 41 yrs that is with me every step of the way.  I won't spend much time here on CSN because I refuse to allow cancer to run my life.  As a matter of fact, I can say it has brought a realization to my life that I missed for a long time. Every day is a gift....God gave us a beautiful planet to live on, friends, love, work and leisure, and ice cream. I'm not a survivor, I'm surviving; just like everyone else on this planet. Something will kill everyone at some stage of their life. I'm lucky to have lasted this long. Step outside, listen to the birds sing, look at the sky, hear the rolling thunder, how great Thou art. 

Scubadan (yes, Karen & I love to dive and travel when we can)