Moving on from prostate cancer - it still sucks!

Watching TV this morning, there was a bit about Ted Lasso.  I have never watched it - yet, but there was a quote highlighted on the summation of the show.

What is the happiest animal alive?

Goldfish - 10 second memory.



For some reason, that meant something to me and my journey through this rotten diagnosis and outcomes to rid my body of the cancer!  I need to keep moving ahead; not that I haven't been doing so, it has been slow and it is all in my head.  My mind keeps bringing me back instead of focusing on the future and the joy of life and being alive for another day.

So, I also went looking for the clip above and came across more from Ted Lasso.  I will have to try to catch up on this one.

I spent some time catching up on this series.  It is a true delight.  I found another one that really hits home with this dreadful disease.



I have to say, I am enjoying this silly pretense of the plot.  It does have a lot of good surrounding the message of the show. The link below is a trailer of the show and highlights the silliness of Ted Lasso.

Ted Lassoisms

The moral of his story and a good one for anyone with this disease....you may not know anything about what you are doing (in sports as a coach for soccer or navigating a post procedure life with prostate cancer), simply having the right attitude and spreading that to those around you is key to winning!





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