Cancer Survivor, writing about Health and Fitness as you age

This past weekend I took my younger son on a Mama-son special weekend away. We were at a water park and while he was playing around I did my favourite thing to do - people watch. It reminded me that there are all kinds of people in this world. I saw a family with a clearly autistic son and another family with a child with Down's Syndrome and they were all playing and happy. I saw a dad several times over the weekend and each time he was on his phone conducting business, even while his family was around him. Phone to his ear, arms gesticulating, as if the world depended on the deal he was working. I marveled at a family with a fairly young mom, with 4 kids ranging from teenager to toddler - and was amazed at her stamina and relative composure. I saw families lining up for s'mores, with small children holding mini pitchforks with marshmallows on the tips, moving towards the open fire pit and then waving their pitchforks away once the marshmallows were toasted. High-risk man

Living with cancer is not easy, and that coming from someone who, on a scale of 1-10, probably only had a difficulty of 4 or 5. It is the afterwards, the afterwards that also poses a challenge. Why am I feeling tired? I didn't feel that pain before, I wonder what it is? Should I call my doctor? I missed my spinach smoothie this week, I hope I am not endangering my life. I wonder if I am exercising enough? I'd really love to have some bread pudding, will that doom me? It's time for a checkup, I wonder what they'll find...? The endless stress of trying to manage, well, everything sometimes gets a bit too much so I've decided to take a break. So what does that look like? For me, it means I haven't been taking my gazillion supplements (vitamin D, calcium, curcumin amongst other things), I've not been making my spinach smoothies, AND I've just decided to watch only shows I've seen before. So right now that means I am binging on Smallville.  I h

Primary care physician (for general care) Well woman exams Dentist Dermatologist for the vitiligo Oncologist Breast Reconstruction Surgeon (still continuing) Lymphoedema Masseuse Various tests scheduled by any one of them And these are just MY appointments, far less the schedule to include the kids' appointments. To get everything in and still be somewhat productive in my job requires precision coordination around early morning appointments, lunch appointments and late afternoon appointments. Sometimes I feel being spontaneous and taking the day off or going out to lunch is out of my reach and scary - who can afford to be spontaneous when everything hinges on the wheels turning just so at the appointed time? Perhaps spontaneity is overrated, but I sure would like the opportunity to try it every now and then.