Recovery week five

I'm now in week five of my recovery from chemo. It's been slower than I would like, and sometimes I get frustrated at how long it is taking me to recover. But I have to remember that my oncologist said that it would take three months for me to get my energy back and so I must be patient. I have up days and down days, and overall it's two steps forward and one step back, but I am slowly getting better.

I try to walk every day and I can walk for up to a mile on a good day. We often walk the bicycle path in front of our home, and we also like to go to Dufferin Islands and walk there amongst the streams and the ducks and geese. We have also walked parts of the Friendship Trail in Fort Erie.

Twice a week I go to Wellspring Cancer Support Centre in Stevensville for a yoga class and a relaxation class. I'm now able to drive myself there as it's only a ten minute drive. They have a lending library of cancer books and videos and also offer Tai-Chi classes and Reiki, a kind of hands-free energy healing.