Monday, July 9, 2012

6 months later......

Hi every one,
Its now 6 months since I started my tonsil cancer treatment. Its been a long arduous journey with many ups and downs. And now 6 months later I can only remember the good times. The last week has been an almost a great revelation that life is back to normal. I played in 2 golf competitions over 18 holes in the hot blazing sun and I am back to my normal facilitating CRM at work. The energy levels are back to where it should be.
My routine is 2 hours in the gym and swimming for 30-45 minutes in the mornings of my off days. THe afternoon is is relaxing and then followed by a round of golf at 1630 hrs for 9 holes.

The days that I work is an all day affair and so nothing gets done. This keeps me mentally occupied and physically consumed. I don't really mind it at all. Here is something that I did over the last week at the CRM instructors course. Check it out.
This is a 5 minute video on speaking skills that I demo during the class. Everyone has 5 minutes to do it. The 3 things that I look for is the story message , the visual message and the physical message.
Looking at this video and the previous video, I can see the difference in the facial appearance. This looks more like me 6 months ago albeit 15 kgs lighter !!. 

My medical review for  renewing my flying licence is getting nearer and nearer. I will have to show the medical review board that I am fully recovered from the effects of chemo and radiation. This needs to be supported by medical tests namely a PET scan, and ENT report and the usual ECG chest X-ray and audio-gram plus the full spectrum blood test. This I will have to do starting at the end of August or the beginning of September 2012. I hope all goes well.