Thanks, guys. Appreciate the comments.
tgc, in the last few years, I have encountered several people that I spent some time with in the treatment locations. It is difficult to watch so many of them succumb to the battle. A few years back, I was hit particularly hard when I was told about a particular individual who had passed. Someone provided me with a quote that has stuck with me since then: "Say not in grief 'he is no more,' but live in thankfulness that he was."
Thumper, I never gave my friends the chance. When I passed on the good news to each of them, I told them what I said to the doctor, so I preempted them. Of course, two of them have, on occasion, peppered conversations with the phrase, "..it's all in your head."
Again, thanks guys. Unfortunately, you will have to put up with me for a little while longer.