I had an easier time of it, as I was able to continue working during treatment and life for the first 12 months had a lot of ‘normality’. Nevertheless, after 12 months, I changed my job to a new, challenging one but on a 4 day week basis, started regularly going to the gym, philosophy classes and a local choir! A brush with cancer can bruise deep, it can daunt your energy and enthusiasm but it may also act as a trigger for doing new things, making new friends and re-evaluating what makes you happy. It surprised me to realise how little I thought about being happy - I certainly wasn’t unhappy before bc, far from it, but I place a higher value on some inner sense of contentment these days. Best wishes.