Bart,
Reading your story, it sounds like you are quite a fighter with a great outlook on your battle against the "C". I'm glad you're on here.
I've jumped out of a few perfectly good airplanes myself, though I try not to make a habit of it. :-)
Malwicker, ditto. Like Bart said, best of luck with your upcoming surgery.
Brian Liebenow, Stage 2 NHL survivor (left tonsil), I eat everything through a PEG tube.
http://travelingtubie.blogspot.com/2013/04/why-i-tubie.html11/03 - started CHOP chemo
12/03 - remission
1/04 - finished chemo
4/04 - started 25 rads to make sure they got all the cancer
5/04 - stopped rads after 20 due to severe reaction to radiation
5/05 - began seeing damaging effects of radiation
7/08 - PEG
4/09 - 5th unsuccessful jaw surgery
Smile!! Laughter is the best medicine!