And, in other news...
Today, the Minister of Education, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Culture Francis Fonseca returned to work-just under two months after doing triple bypass cardiac surgery. That's an early return because typically open-heart surgery requires a three-month recovery.
But Fonseca sat down with Jules Vasquez this morning to say he's feeling good-and has a new lease on life-but one informed by the very grueling experience of open-heart surgery. He told us about lessons learned:
Francis Fonseca, Minister of Education, Culture, Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade
"I'm feeling good. You know, I'm very, very grateful for the for be feeling this. Well, eight weeks after. After my surgery. Major surgery, you know, recovery period. Generally, they say you start to feel, you know, kind of normal around three months. So I feel like I'm ahead of schedule. I feel really good. You know, so, you know, I have full of energy and, that's why I've really returned to to work, effective today."
Reporter
"So you're fully taking back up your core ministries, which is education, culture, foreign affairs, foreign trade?"
Francis Fonseca
"Yes, yes, yes I am. obviously, you know, I have to understand that I have to to pace myself and, you know, do things a little differently. I think one of the critical lessons you learned from going through this experience is that, you know, what, your lifestyle is, is critically important. And I think certainly over the last five years, as a cabinet minister with, with major responsibilities, I found myself spending a lot of time being sedentary. You know, you get up, you get in your vehicle, you drive to Belmopan, you get to Belmopan, you're in an office, you have meetings all the, when the when that day is done, you you jump back into the vehicle, you get home, you're tired. You just want to relax at home. So it's easy to fall into that trap. And I think that's one of the critical lessons you have to have for all of us that, you know, that sedentary lifestyle can really be be a killer. So it's important to, to be active, important to move throughout the day, to make sure that, you know, you find find a proper balance, and you don't get caught up in that world of, of just work and sitting down and, and, and and focus on, on that aspect of your life."
"So that's a critical lesson."
