After more than 30 years of experience in dealing with my cancer and several operations, I am delighted to have the opportunity to thank everyone who has supported, cared for and motivated me during this time and in particularly challenging moments. Without this person, I probably wouldn’t have the opportunity to write these lines today.

My special thanks go to:

my wife and children

my parents, my sister and my brother-in-law

my large family; grandparents, great-aunts, uncles and aunts, cousins and their children

my friends, especially Toni and Sepp

my work colleagues, especially Christian and Richard

my wife’s colleagues at work

my physiotherapist, Ms. Bernadette Uller, MSc,

my occupational therapist, Ms. Maria Fink, BSc,

my osteopath, Ms. Christine Aminger-Gutmann

my supervisor for the canoe equipment, Mrs. Martina Strutz

Klagenfurt Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology, the team of Prim. Prof. Dr. Lind and especially OA Univ.-Doz.Dr.Gallowitsch, as well as Dr. Sorko and the inpatient department.

LKH Graz, in particular the Clinical Department of Thoracic Surgery and Hyperbaric Surgery led by the team of Prof. Dr. Freyja-Maria Smolle-Jüttner, with Prof. Maier and Prof. Lindenmann, as well as the inpatient department

and the Clinic for Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine with the clinical department for phoniatrics, in particular Ms. Nina Egger, as well as the inpatient department

and the Diagnostics & Research Institute for Human Genetics, in particular Prof. Jochen Bernd Geigl.

the LKH Feldbach, in particular, the outpatient teams and the Department of Internal Medicine

the LKH Graz II with the Enzenbach site

the Thyroid Institute Gleisdorf with Dr. Buchinger and his team

the Center for Endocrine Surgery, Prof. Dr. Wolf and his team

Dr. Bernhard Kowatsch and Dr. Klaus Bernhard and their teams

The practice for internal medicine & cardiology, Dr. Lehr and his team

Dr. Hammer, ENT in Graz

And all the many others who have helped me!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!