Rebuilding After Having Cancer

I've been enjoying posting about our outings, especially our bike riding at Zion National Park. It has been so wonderful getting out again, but I'm concerned that I may have given a wrong impression. 

Yes, I have been blessed to still be alive after having stage 3 ovarian cancer this last year, but it has not been easy getting to the point where I could do things again. The chemo treatments I had and the chemo medication I am now taking both can cause debilitating fatigue. Many times, I felt that I just couldn't move, then I'd remember that movement was supposed to help this fatigue, so I'd get up and make myself start walking. I'm grateful for my husband who was my exercise partner and insisted we get out for walks even when I grumbled or tried to persuade him that we should wait for a better day. Though my enthusiasm was barely a flicker, I kept walking and it helped me move past the fatigue and feel better.

Another Spring, Hope After Cancer

I did it! I rode the four mile trail at Zion on my electric bike. I feel so blessed to be able to go to Zion National Park again, to still be alive after having cancer, and to be able to get out places.

Last spring, I was not feeling well. There wasn't any pain or anything definite, just a sense that something wasn't right. The main thing I noticed was that I was intensely tired after doing even small things. Having chronic fatigue and multiple allergies and chemical sensitivities, I was used to feeling draggy, but this seemed strangely different.