The important thing is to make the most of the present and not worry obsessively. The latter will affect your physical (as well as mental) well-being.

When my husband went to a head/neck cancer patient education forum at Hopkins last April, he was upset by some there who had made it through treatment and were (more or less) OK but were still lamenting their "bad luck" and saying they could no longer enjoy their lives as they were so consumed with worry about the cancer coming back. Barry got up and made a little speech about how he was grateful for the good care he had received, that he was not looking back any more but was planning to enjoy his life -- that he could not waste any more of his time worrying about this disease -- but was more concerned with where our next trip would be to!

No one knows what the future may bring, but you might as well embrace it!

Hey, we got chased by forest elephants in Uganda and had to spend a long cold night out in the Impenetrable Forest in the pouring rain because our guide got lost -- let me tell you, that sort of thing puts things in perspective very quickly. Life is an adventure and who knows what is in store!

Gail