{"id":45142,"date":"2019-01-01T17:57:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T09:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/?p=45142"},"modified":"2019-02-20T22:07:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T14:07:33","slug":"hello-2019-10-lessons-from-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/2019\/01\/hello-2019-10-lessons-from-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello 2019 \u2013 10 Lessons from a ‘Shitty’ 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Pardon the French, but 2018 had been just that kind of a year for the hubby as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While I was going through my own health issues, the husband has been having his own too. Sometimes the ‘pillar’ of our lives who support us silently from the sides, have their own struggles which they may not be so ready to share…until being asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So this is for all the husbands out there…from mine: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
HELL of a Year<\/strong> \u201cThere\u2019s 40% chance it could be prostate cancer.\u201d my urologist muttered matter-of-factly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve been having urination issues since the last quarter of 2017. The issue worsened towards December 2017 with frequent visits to the toilets at night and many \u2018urgent\u2019 episodes that had me rushing to washrooms in malls and petrol kiosks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My plan to seek medical help was put on hold when Angie was diagnosed with cancer in January 2018. I decided to keep mum about it, as my priority was my wife\u2019s recovery. It wasn\u2019t until after her remission in May that I finally made an appointment to see a urologist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So there I was, 3 months after Angie’s MRI, at the same radiology clinic. Totally surreal and shockingly unbelievable but absolutely true that months after my wife’s health scare, this time it was my turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This was how 2018 started for us. For the rest of the year, we traversed between medical check-ups amidst the demands of our jobs, parenting a tween AND an active preschooler, children falling sick, visits to school to meet teachers etc.\u2026To make matters worse, just as the year was stabilizing towards the end, I sustained a painful knee injury and had to see an orthopaedic specialist for a few months (will save this story for another day). All in, 2018 provided enough drama to create many subplots for a gripping serial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 Lessons from a Shitty 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n These are 10 lessons I learnt from a \u2018shitty\u2019 2018 that would shape\nmy life going forward. I am penning it down for my kids to reap some wisdom\nfrom their parents\u2019 experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Dream<\/strong>: Before Angie\u2019s cancer episode, we had booked our flights for a DIY trip to Finland. Little did we know that the December trip would become a \u2018tangible\u2019 finishing line as we endured the marathon of health scares and treatments throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was quite emotional when we stood on the\nfrozen lake admiring the magnificent Northern Lights in Finnish Lapland. THAT\nwas my finishing line for the year. We made it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So as a new year begins, set a dream goal as a couple \/ family and work towards it together. It\u2019s a powerful motivator to work towards a common finish line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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