3 YEARS LATER AND HOW I HAVE CHANGED
Having just had October return and gone through my 3rd year since I had Cancer removed and treated, I felt compelled to go on-line again. To touch on a subject of how having had this and survived ha...
Forum Discussion
Hi Bel
Must be something about this time of the year and anniversaries of diagnosis/treatment etc that have a few of us oldies (as in opposite of newbies rather than old in age lol) checking in. Congratulations on 3 years clear!
I too am approaching 50 and yes, having had Cancer does change us just like any major life event I guess. I know I have trouble planning too far ahead. Maybe it is that we have learnt that sometimes your life changes in the blink of an eye. But I like to think that maybe the good side of this is that I have learnt to be more spontaneous. I used to have everything planned out, now I just go with what seems like the best option at the time. Sometimes this works out better!!
I don't have the same level of energy that I once had but that means I choose to do less of the things that take that energy and more of the things that give me joy.
Sometimes I just want to have less because more means more effort (and that just exhausts me). I get happiness from simple things and hope that life slows down so I can have more time to enjoy those simple things. I have become more involved in volunteering and using my skills to help others. I feel my life has more meaning now.
Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and hope you have lots of good things ahead of you in 2016. It was great to read your post. :) Deanne xxx