Thank you for your kind words! Glad you got both of the endings. Did you water Chuck though?
And , my health has been very under control for the past few years, thank you for asking!
...but definitely part of the problem is that the "...Is it coming back?" thought never REALLY goes away, which is what formed part of the horror: needing to constantly be vigilant around it, knowing that most people don't have that added psychic weight.