Opinion: ‘Here be dragons’: Long-term survivors like me can help map the boundaries of cancer
“I hope to see you again in six months!” I call back to my radiation oncologist with a big smile as I leave his office.
It is my first six-month post-radiation follow-up visit. As my wife, Whitney, and I walk toward the lobby, I bounce jovially from step to step, leaning into my cane to support my weak left leg. Only a few months out of a rehab hospital, I have just re-learned to walk, bathe, dress, and feed myself.

