What 'new hobby' did you take up after your diagnosis/treatments?

@Julez1958
Smiled at your Lord Howe Island suggestion for @arpie
Many many years ago we went to Lord Howe Island for our honeymoon! It is truly a beautiful place and yes we got around on pushbikes.  

It wasn’t really a new hobby but rather return to an old one - I had recently semi retired before my diagnosis and had already returned to early morning body surfing/ swimming at the beach whenever I could - I really ramped it up after recovering from my surgeries.
I find it immensely restorative as well as being great exercise.
@arpie  if you have not been to Lord Howe Island I can thoroughly recommend it - it is incredibly beautiful and has great walking , surfing, swimming, snorkelling and ( a special treat for you) fishing.
Most people get around on push bike if they are not walking.
There is a limit on the number of residents and visitors so nothing is crowded.

And I am lucky too @Cath62. I live 15kms away from a regional centre in CW NSW, and have very clear skies; that is when the clouds and the moon give me a break!

The night sky is the best @jennyss. We love going camping just to see the stars. I live in Brisbane about 6kms from the city and still lucky to see stars and planets even though there are street lights etc. How wonderful you get up and see the stars. 

I went back to full-time work after finishing treatment; then changed my mind and retired! My new hobby is more related to retirement than recovery. I am an early bird, and I go outside before dawn several times a month and look at the stars. This morning in the East I saw Venus, Mars, Mercury and the International Space Station (ISS) Howzaaaat! 

WOW @Cath62 - you ARE well travelled!!  I just hate all the long flights & long airport waits & official rigmaroles - I reckon, post covid, I'll only do NZ & maybe Norfolk Island (sort of overseas) & maybe even Lord Howe .... 

Gosh, you've had a rough trot of it, @AllyJay xx Well done you xx

I reckon I'd be a danger to anyone else on the track @colthul - I am not the best co-ordinated person on a bike ..... 

I did diamond art for a little while. A friend bought me a set to do while I was stuck in hospital for a couple of weeks. Otherwise I just stuck to mountain biking. I am not good at craft type activities.....they never turn out like they are meant to lol

I've always been a keen knitter, but it really ramped up to a high level after my diagnosis. I had a torrid time with chemo and then surgery as well as surgery for a brain aneurysm. The long hospital stays and sleepless nights had me knitting for six to eight hours a day. With simple patterns, the repetitive and almost hypnotic nature of movements by rote were very soothing to me and in between, the concentration of lacy pattern work chased away the dark thoughts that could have overwhelmed me.

I have just started making photo books of my overseas holidays. I have travelled alot in my pre covid and pre cancer days and have taken thousands of photos on each holiday. With all those digital photos I decided I wanted coffee table photo books. I select my top 60 to 80 photos from each trip and put them in books. So far I have photo books for my trips to Africa, China, Egypt & Jordan, America, France &Spain, India and Japan. I am working on south America next. It's a big job selecting 80 photos from about 3000 but it's a great joy to me to look at these photos. Here's one of my photos from my Japan photo book ( taken 2 months before my bc diagnosis) 

I would do some scrapbooking from time to time before bc.  I now make time every week to do it.  I have a collection of paper to use.