Johnny completed his second week of radiation therapy and "it's worse than I thought." He says swallowing is painful and he'll probably be on a liquid diet for six weeks. The good news is... that's the extent of the bad news. They think they got the cancer with surgery, so no chemo. He said, "I've still got plans for the future. This cancer thing I hope will be just a bump in the road. It's looking good so far...!"

He posted a video to his myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/johnnybeamsderfer Click in videos. He's the one on the right who never looks up! And it's a rare chance to see a youplayer in real life. That bass is slung over the shoulder that was operated on, so it's still pretty painful.