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Life is good on holidays
I've just returned from a holiday with my husband. 2.5 weeks on a motorbike tour around Victoria. It was a holiday we planned on my 51st birthday to do the next year but bloody breast cancer had other ideas.
Just beforehand I was worried it wasn't going to happen again. My nipple reconstruction had some hiccups and I was still doing dressings 7 weeks on. It only healed the week prior. My husband also hurt his back and it was touch and go if he was going to be fit for a bike ride. I booked a stay through Otis just in case.
But the nipples healed. The back improved and off we went. We had a fabulous time on our 4468 km journey. (Including Mt Gambier and Naracoorte as I'd never been there)
We still had our stay at the Otis retreat which gave us a lovely 4 day rest in the middle. It was beautiful and so peaceful. We managed to be ahead of the rain on all but 2 days.
Being on such a long trip does allow the mind to wander though. Trip of a lifetime I thought. Well at least if the cancer comes back I had this....those bloody intrusive thoughts that just pop in your head from nowhere. Maybe my stiff hips and aching knee are really mets. Survivorship ...it sure can be hard at times. But...whatever the future holds know this...Life..I'm embracing it.
Hubby and I at Blue Lakes
St Judes - Otis
At Port Albert having a fabulous meal and some Stout.
An unflattering pic...but very happy on The Great Ocean Road
Just beforehand I was worried it wasn't going to happen again. My nipple reconstruction had some hiccups and I was still doing dressings 7 weeks on. It only healed the week prior. My husband also hurt his back and it was touch and go if he was going to be fit for a bike ride. I booked a stay through Otis just in case.
But the nipples healed. The back improved and off we went. We had a fabulous time on our 4468 km journey. (Including Mt Gambier and Naracoorte as I'd never been there)
We still had our stay at the Otis retreat which gave us a lovely 4 day rest in the middle. It was beautiful and so peaceful. We managed to be ahead of the rain on all but 2 days.
Being on such a long trip does allow the mind to wander though. Trip of a lifetime I thought. Well at least if the cancer comes back I had this....those bloody intrusive thoughts that just pop in your head from nowhere. Maybe my stiff hips and aching knee are really mets. Survivorship ...it sure can be hard at times. But...whatever the future holds know this...Life..I'm embracing it.
Hubby and I at Blue Lakes
St Judes - Otis
At Port Albert having a fabulous meal and some Stout.
An unflattering pic...but very happy on The Great Ocean Road
19 Replies
- Oh that's great @Tigerbeth! So pleased for you, especially as you had to cancel your holiday. Fab. K xox
- We are lucky enough to be going to an Otis property in December
can't wait ! - St Judes where PrimeK and I have been is absolutely beautiful and very restorative for the soul
- @arpie That is the Murray River seen from Upper Towong, 10 minutes from Corryong. Stunning spot. I was the second last guest in the house as the owners have now retired there.
- OMG ... which one was that @kmakm? That is GORGEOUS!!
I bet there would be fish in that river, somewhere!! ;) - @arpie I had a glorious week at an Otis Foundation property in June. Simply marvellous. All you need to worty about is food. Everything else is all set up for you ready to go.
The view from the Otis Foundation house I stayed at. Soul food! - So many of the Otis places look great - our problem is timing and co-ordination!
- Thank you so much for that link, @primek - how generous of so many families to make these places available to us & others who have been ill!!
I'll have to look into it!! It would be wonderful to have a few days away in an area you may not normally visit!! The Snowy Mountains is looking 'good'! ;) - WOW! What an Awesome trip @primek. How wonderful that you were both OK to do it - that really was a close call! Well done both of you! And with the good weather for most of the trip as well ..... even better!I LOVE hubby's beard! :)
Double Wow! The Otis holiday sounds terrific! I've never heard of them before.
