Doing what you LOVE to do - before, during & after BC! What's YOUR favourite?

Such a great topic, because my Mantra had been to not let cancer rob me of anything ever. I have from time to time seen angry ranting posts and read about people crying all day and being in the depths of despair. Stress is the last thing we need. I feel for these people who are having a hard time and ultimately it won't make for an easy recovery. So on a lighter note it's wonderful to see what others love doing. I'm sure this makes for an easier recovery. Yes we suffer crappy side effects but it's nothing we weren't told about and we just have to adjust to it. Doing what we love takes us out of ourselves. I have single handedly run a busy boutique hairdressing salon for 33 years and been hairdressing for 53 years. I organised a friend to look after my salon one day a week until I could take up the reins after all of my treatment. 2 weeks after surgery I returned on a Friday and helped out until chemo. I had chemo on a Friday and went the following 2 Fridays for 4 cycles of chemo. I also fitted in a few days I did on my own. It did my heart and soul good. A few weeks before radiotherapy started I took back the reins. Luckily I had no fatigue. It was exhausting at first but now it's like nothing happened. Doing hair and sending clients out looking and feeling much better than when they came in is so rewarding. I sing with a barbershop Chorus on the Central Coast for the last 17 years. I took a leave of absence as I live in the Macarthur area. The proximity of singing with a compromised immune system and the distance to travel etc was out of the question. The Chorus girls kept in constant touch as we are all like sisters. I returned to singing this week in excellent health. I also sing a bit in my husbands band and I only missed a few gigs during chemo and a couple of times I didn't sing but did attend the gig.. The boys in the band were asked not to talk about the cancer as we went to gigs to have a good time and I felt better when not talking about it About 6 weeks after chemo my voice went all stringy and broken. Devastating as some songs I can't '. sing at the moment  However I feel it is starting to get a bit better. Life is good. Keep doing what you love.