Re: Update from Ann Marie - Jan 08

[Guest guest]

Ann Marie,

I am so glad to hear that you are still doing better with your foot.

You are amazing to be back to work and travelling at this time.

I can relate to feeling like your priorities have changed. For me,

this whole process has been a blessing in exactly this regard. I know

that many cancer survivors come to feel the same way. I suspect that

the gift is in grappling with the fact that we will have changed

physical abilities after this surgery (when we elect to undergo this

surgery) but this is really just a precurser to the same trip that

every human will make in some form or another, if they live a long

life. It seems so obvious to me now that most people live their lives

without a thought to their physical selves and are surprised and

often overcome often when their bodies break down. Well, we just got

a bit of a " look see " at what limited mobility, the importance of

true friends, the requirement of strong family support mean to us as

we age. And of course it just reinforces my own motto for living life:

" This life is not a dress rehersal "

Live each day, and try to be present in it. That is a difficult task

when in lots of pain, I know....but it is part of what prompted me to

go ahead with the surgery. My priorities definitley changed...but

lucky for me I only had to ride out one more year of work and then I

could take early retirement. My challenge now is finding meaningful

activity when I get home from this Denmark hiatus. I have promised

myself I will not do just another " job " !

Take Care, Cam