I was telling someone yesterday that I pause and formulate a game plan before every set of stairs I climb or (especially) walk down. I've realised that I'll never again in my life be able to take a set of stairs without thinking about it first.

To be fair, I had the spinal compression from the metastasis as well as any side-effects from hormone therapy, and to a certain extent, it's a miracle that I even made it out of the wheelchair, much less regained the ability to use stairs (slowly and carefully). I've also been doing over three years of light physio exercises to strengthen my hip abductors and adductors (the main balance muscles — talk to your physiotherapist, because there's a huge potential payoff).