If it's any comfort it can keep improving, nerve survival seems remarkable, just often hellish slow. I got an arrhythmia after A/C. Maybe caused by the chemo, maybe not. Isn't really possible to tell. Would I have refused the chemo suggested if I had known beforehand? Possibly, all those side effects would have really alarmed me. And with hindsight (with which we can all be wise) that would have been a mistake. An entirely manageable irregularity with my heart electronics and never winning a sprint race again don't seem too much of a cost for a cancer free five years. I may have more cancer free years, I may not, but I am sure that my understanding of what's acceptable and what's not is a great deal sharper and clearer than it was five years ago. I don't scare as easily! I worry less and I think my priorities are a bit better. Stupid way to learn all that but better late than never.