Bill looking back over my old posts from last year i think a fair few of them were asking the same question from the opposite perspective.There can be no doubt that living in the shadow of such a dreadful disease does indeed color your views on what are the important issues in life, and i think that is mostly true of anyone who has come close to facing death.
It alters your axis ,and you realise that life doesnt revolve around work and money and success,because without your health you will not have the other things.Suddenly it doesnt seem to matter if you do something now rather than later ,routine things like putting out the garbage and tidying the yard loose their appeal when you could take to the road on a Harley like Petey or fly to the other side of the world .Unfortunately for your partner who has kept the routine things in life ticking over while you were sick,these things are still important,and represent her stability in the overall picture of things.Having you well enough to participate in the trivial things in life is probably a source of great relief to her,and although you might feel like saying what does that matter,to her it may well do.

love liz