Hey everyone, hope you are settling back into things after the Labour Day weekend. I know that as schools get back on track my activity level picks up considerably. I have taken to jokingly saying I’m like a teacher without the pension, as much of my working focus revolves around the school year. So this week is a reality check for me, and I’m sure the trend will continue as the next two months look to be quite busy for me, especially when compared to my very relaxed summer.
Saw my Doc today, and things continue to be pretty good. Most of my blood is great, with the exception of those liver functions, one is again on the rise, nothing major but I have started a new drug to try and bring it back in line. No pains in my side or any side-affects, and I’m still feeling very well, a little tired but very well.
Tonight I’m having one of those times where I want to go and “do”, would love to have the energy I once did, would have loved to have been on my motorbike heading out along the ocean as the sun-set, have been thinking about how much I miss playing hockey again lately… I’m having the “wants”, but instead of going and “doing” I’m home resting. Using my head to rule me right now, which really isn’t making me happy, but it is probably the right decision after a great weekend of rest combined with solid activity.
As I lie here writing this message I have been having slight pains in my lungs, nothing serious, just my body sending me a reminder I think. As it was today, 3 years ago, that I left the hospital after my ICU stay. I remember the day a little, very hot and sunny, just like today, and my Dad and buddy wheeled me in from my Dad’s van, as I was in a wheel-chair, to my new environment which was the living room at my Mom’s house. That’s where I continued my recovery, in my make-shift hospital room at home, rebuilding myself from the basement and getting back on my feet.
Ferris Bueller, who you may remember from the movie, told me many years ago that “life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”. Wild to think it was 3 years ago today that I left hospital after my “summer sleep”. I encourage you to stop and look around, life’s too fantastic to miss.
My training for the Climb on the 20th continues, and is progressing nicely. The public promotion of the Climb starts tomorrow and I’m really looking forward to getting back into high schools to connect with students, which I will do consistently over the next 6-8 weeks. So looking forward to it that it has kept me up many nights in the past few weeks, my mind has a tendency to carry me away, or keep me awake as the case may be, when I get excited about something. And returning to schools is definitely something I am gearing up for. I know there’s a balance of how much I can do, but it is one of those things that I would love to try doing every day just to see if I would tire of it. Don’t think it would happen, and maybe some time I’ll get to test the theory.
Hope you are training for the Climb, and I hope you’ll join me on the 20th, whether it’s on Signal Hill or some other hill where ever you are. If you would like more information check out the RealTime Cancer website, the link is below, or shoot me an email.
Have a good one and I’ll be in touch again soon.
Always…
Live Life. Love Life.
Geoff
