Three straight days of riding and feeling good. That's the most consecutive days of riding I've done so far and it feels good just to be out on the bike. I met up with Arvin and Michael Saturday afternoon to do a few laps around the lake. It was good to see some familiar T4K faces.

I had some CT scans done last Tuesday to make sure none of the cancer is coming back and went to the clinic at Children's today for my final visit with my oncologists. Seeing as I'm 21 now, it's about time I move on from there. From here on out I'll be doing my yearly checkups via the young adults survivor program at UT Southwestern. The scans showed that while there is still scar tissue (and probably always will be), some of it is even starting to calcify, a further indication that the cancer is gone for good. This marks two full years free of cancer, and I plan on keeping it that way. Even though I've been telling them I'm fine (heavy sarcasm), it was great to see my doctors one last time and have some closure.

It did become apparent to me during this visit, however, that I am a different person because of cancer. There are certain precautions I must take and certain things I can't do because of my treatment. If I want to minimize any possible side effects or after effects from radiation and chemo, I have to be diligent about keeping myself safe. That's not to say I haven't, but I don't think I've taken it seriously enough in the past and it's really sunk in that despite being in complete remission, cancer will always be with me in some way, shape, or form.

"I've been travelin' on this road too long

Just tryin' to find my way back home

But the old me's dead and gone

Dead and gone"

T.I. ft. Justin Timberlake - Dead and Gone