10 Wonderful (well for the most) Years

Hi everyone, As of the 8/23/09 it has been 10 yrs of survivor ship for me. I was diagnosed 8/23/99. It seems as though it was a lifetime ago.
I just replied to LTCS (Connie) about her scare recently. It got me thinking. OK no cracks about me thinking. lol How precious life is and at any given moment it can be gone. I also went to a funeral over the weekend for one of my friends who tripped and fell off a retaining wall at his home, 4 ft high, and broke his neck. Gone in a heart beat.
Boy I intended to be very upbeat about the last 10 years and how survival is possible for anyone. I am ecstatic about these 10 yrs believe me.
I am seeing my youngest child , my daughter, off to college this weekend. I am so very pleased that I am here to see this and to be part of it. She was 8 when in the same year as I was diagnosed, she lost her grandmother( my Mom), an aunt, my wife had serious medical problems and me. What a year that was! For her she had a hard time. My boys , my wife and I all had a hard time. So to be here now is so amazing to me, I can't even express it.
I was 3A Nsclc in my right lung at the junction of the main bronchi to the lower two lobes of my lung. I had lymph node involvement in my central chest which wasn't discovered until they preformed surgery to remove those two lower lobes. After I had 6 rounds of chemo and 36 rounds of radiation. Luckily the chemo and radiation had killed the lymphs that were involved.
I came on this site, I'm not sure how many years ago now, to try and help people as they journey through this battle and give them hope that the impossible can become possible. It has been some of the most rewarding times in my life. I have met my online family on here. Which I would never exchange with anyone for anything. We have our ups and downs but we all manage to pull it together and move on. We' ve had disagreements, disputes, deaths and miracles. We experience it all on here at our home. Beside my family here at home who I love dearly, you guys are the only ones even close. I thank you all for the good times, the laughs and the tears we have shed. I especially want to thank those of us who haven't won the battle that we all fight. They have shown me so much pride, dignity and Love that I have never seen any where else but here. May you all rest in peace.
I love you all, John