Actually, statistically, your odds (of having a recurrence) are better than in Russian Roulette (and that with only one bullet in the chamber) if you get my drift. Unknown primary, AKA occult, would make me real nervous about the "watchful waiting" strategy.

I had the full boatload of radiation and today I am eating tortilla chips and In-and-Out burgers. The effects aren't always so devastating - at least not forever.

The main objective here is to survive the cancer. If you don't do that it won't make a damn bit of difference about the other problems.

And some of us did this without a feeding tube...