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Well done so far! A holiday is a really good thing to plan for when treatment is over, but I found that more long term things took ...well, longer!
Losing my taste buds (the Taxol range is horrible for some things) knocked me off alcohol (tasted awful) and that is a good thing that I have kept up - have a glass occasionally now that I can taste it again, but only occasionally. Wasn't too tempted by other sugars, but that one didn't help my weight (which I have largely kept off, having lost some weight during treatment).
I worked right through treatment, found it helped a lot, but afterwards decided that long work days, and sometimes weekends, wasn't the best and took up a new job with 4 days only - ah, the joy of 3 day weekends. Cancer is good for almost nothing, but did help me get fractionally more realistic about what was productive for my time (at 68).
I took out a gym membership a bit later (do intend to keep the weight off! ) and have joined a local choir. All things I "didn't have time for" before. I have also got back into film, long lost except for long overseas flights! And now I have a grandson (there are lots of things to be thankful for) to spend delightful time with too.
So get over your treatment first, then start thinking about how your precious time is best spent. We should all have one thing every day that gives us pleasure.