Getting back to (New) Normal

I saw a post on another forum, which contained a comment that made me think back to after my surgery. And it made me wonder....
Was there a day or a time, when you remember feeling like you could again start to live some kind of normal life?. When did you come to that realization? Whether it was "normal" or a "NEW normal" that you realized you could live with, enjoying lifes simple pleasures?

For me, it was 6 weeks after surgery. Two clients of mine, got together and asked me to let them take me to dinner and a concert. We went to see Foreigner, the concert was fun, and about half way through the show, it hit me that i hadn't thought about cancer for about an hour. And i was standing, clapping, moving to the music, and i realized that i might beon my way to being like a few other guys i had known who had treatment some years ago, and either moved on, or continued treatment while still appreciating life.
Immediately after surgery, and up until that point, i had doubts that would ever happen.

And now it seems almost crazy, especially after getting to know some of the guys here, like Sonny, and others, who have such a great outlook.
I guess I'm rambling a bit, but my experience this week with test results, i guess has given me pause, and made me think a little more about "this whole stupid thing"

So how long did it take before you realized you could enjoy life again, even if it was just appreciating time with family, not thinking cancer 24/7, or whatever form it takes. Broad question, i know.

Post Edited (Pratoman) : 10/11/2015 4:37:37 PM (GMT-6)

Once I learned I was one in a million men in America treated unnecessarily for favorable risk PC, I didn't feel so special any more. Realizing that one has been overtreated, and thrown under the bus by the medical marketing machine, also takes the "umph" out of feeling special. It made no sense to not feel normal at that point.