Simplicity as a key to managing cancer

People like me spend a lifetime seeking and doing very complicated things and a key point of this video is to share my thoughts on how good it feels to stop the complexity!
With this second encounter with the disease, I am in a better position to reflect on how I come to grips with the big questions that the illness triggers. I certainly can be overwhelming but somehow Sharon and I manage to take it one step at a time. This video explores one of the most important tools that we've found to make life with the disease just a little simpler ... walking.
Sharon and I are fortunate that throughout our life together, we have always enjoyed each other's company during long, winding, and often seemingly pointless walks. But of course we now understand the point.
In a couple of days I will undergo the first of two lung surgeries to remove the malignant growths that have spread from the original colorectal cancer. I am now living with a much more complicated illness ... I need all the simplicity I can get. Wish me luck!

[@amytucker6142]

When I was told I had cancer I quit watching the news. Found a natural doctor, investigated God's cures and here I am 4 years later cancer free still working my job loading trucks at ups at 62 years of age

[@georgemarques9075]

Echoing Chery's and other comments here especially around the importance of simplicity which is to be found in slowing down and letting go: of concerns, of worries and of the reactive impulse to bring under control the myriad conditions of daily life that we believe we should and must control in order for all to be well. We are in control of much less than we believe; behind the messy and complicated reality of daily life exists another reality exemplified by experiencing the basic senses of sound, sight, smell, touch and taste that we all share.

[@SunriseSurvivor]

❤❤ Eric’s beautiful compositions.❤❤

[@ViewlessWings]

The simplification of life is something I'm starting to think about now, and it's so hard to achieve with the complexity of working full time in tech. Thank you for the thoughtful reflection considering the challenges you are facing.

[@CherylS49]

Thank you for sharing so much with us here Tom. I am glad to hear it will be through a Thoracoscopy, to determine next steps of this journey. I am praying, as are so many, for you and for your family too. You and Sharon are so blessed to have each other and I love seeing your peaceful home in the woods, and in the city. Your sharing, provokes all of to think to focus on what really matters, and I am grateful to you both for that. I truly admire your grace, vulnerability and your honesty. God bless, Tom

[@my-4th-cancer]

Good luck with the operation.

[@TreeOfWisdom2]

did you try fenbendazole, diet or fasting? I am not advocating, just asking. Calm reduces blood sugar which is anticancer.

[@tomlee6926]

I am definitely shifting diet and reviewing other habit changes to layer on top of medical treatment.