Six months later...

Today was my six monthly check-up with my specialist and it went pretty well.
Basically as well as I could have hoped for. My blood test results were excellent, suggesting that all is working as it should be.
I was a shade concerned about the prospect of going onto some more serious drugs than my current ones but he saw no need at this point as he feels the situation is being kept in check as is.
The good points: risk of the disease progressing is low, he feels I don't need to be as concerned about what I eat as I am just to keep within the `healthy diet' boundaries (this means not so good food is okay occasionally) (actually I had pizza for dinner last night for the first time in over 18 months), and as I said the blood tests continued their trend of being good.
Bad point: I wasn't informed that I needed a new referral and thus have to wait to get a receipt sent to me to claim some money back.
Future: I asked about the possibility of using Chinese herbs on the side and he said there was no real problem there although there was some risk of making things worse. Not sure what I'll do there. I also asked about when I needed to start screening for bowel cancer. The reply was probably not until 2010 at least and that the risk, while still higher than the average person, was still low at this stage.
So it's all good as it stands. I really hope that sinks in properly because I could use a break from the anxiety symptoms that this whole thing has caused.