Before I leave the subject of lymphoma and what it may be like for others to consider the possibility of a quick, unplanned exit, I’d like to declare my faith in curiosity, experimentation and endlessly careful scientific and technical work. I hope I can emulate those qualities in my own life — now that my subscription has been extended.

One last thought: Please reflect for a moment on how uneven is the distribution of good luck in both time and geography. During my treatment I was regularly perplexed by the fact that I was enjoying such effective and expensive attention when only a few kilometers away — let alone in distant countries — there were people suffering the same threat, but alone. We have wealth to spare and too few of us are good at putting it to work.

And now what? I’ve been project managing for a company here in Vancouver. CharityVillage.com is the place where you find people and jobs in the non-profit and government sectors in Canada. We’re working on a new version of the site so have a look in a few week’s time.

Then it’s back to my familiar territory — XML technologies, documents, complex publishing challenges and getting big projects across the finish line standing up.