Recovery from chemotherapy is slow and gradual. Just last week I started working on projects that I have been walking past for five months. I have the desire and the ability to do woodworking and gardening, but my energy level is medium and strength is catching up.

I tore up some old decking boards on a walkway next to our house. I can only work about 20 minutes at a time, then get a drink and catch my breath. Then back at it. Besides, it was 90 degrees out there. Just two weeks ago I got very dizzy just standing up from tying my shoes but not this week.

My hair is slowly growing back, along with facial hair. I’m ready for the third haircut this year. The sores in my mouth are gone and the numbness/tingling in my fingers happens less often.

To boost my immune system I drink a concoction of cider vinegar/herbal extract with V-8 every day. Yum. (Yoder’s Good Health Recipe; Cider vinegar, water, apple juice, grape juice, and tinctures of ginseng, goldenseal, echinacea, valerian, ginger, black cohosh, chamomile, black walnut, licorice root, anise, cinnamon, cloves, chickweed, fenugreek, potassium sorbate.)