fairly high percentage of cases, essentially every three months they've got to go check my lungs. >> reporter: march 2010, bruce travelled to new york city for the first year cat scan of his lungs. just blocks from where he first called linda to tell her he had cancer. on this day, the news was very different. >> hey, wivy, how are you? they have nothing there. >> it was a good day. it was a good call. >> reporter: still, it is hard not to worry. >> at any moment, you can get a scan and a call is not so good. it sends you right back. and it's been one year, it hasn't been five years. and if that five-year call, you're cancer free, you know, i think we'll start planning their wedding. >> reporter: in fact, the counsel is also standing by.