I agree with not retiring. My resilience comes from my faith in Christ. I have just been diagnosed with a High Grade Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma and had a total hysterectomy last Monday. I teach school and managed to do this over the Christmas break. I only took a week off (laproscopic robot assisted procedure) and the minute I got back into the classroom everything was fine and I have been feeling great ever since. If I did not have this work and had to be retired with nothing to focus on but this cancer - - I would be really struggling. But right now, I feel like I am living in a cloud of grace - I have most likely pulled my "exit ticket" this time but my plan is to keep living and enjoying this work and this lifestyle God has blessed me with .....I plan to "rock it til I drop it" :p