Markus, I think you are absolutely right. People who have not been around cancer do not know what to say. I was one of those people just a little over a year ago. I always thought that cancer was a family thing and stepped back out of consideration. Now that I�ve been through this and am doing well I make it a point to try to help whenever I can. Those friends who sat with me during chemo and drove me to radiation will be forever remembered.

I recently sent emails through my wife to convince one of her co-workers whose husband was diagnosed with melanoma to go to CTRC here in San Antonio for a second opinion. I even got a business card for the physician on one of my visits there and had my wife give it to her. Made me feel pretty good about sticking my nose in someone�s business I�ve never met