Recovery Through Exercise

 First swim in 2 months since mastectomy/oophorectomy! This was humbling - so much fitness and range of motion lost. So much hard work wiped out by breast cancer.

It felt like I’d never swam before, like my body didn’t know what do to in the water, and like the scars were going to rip open my chest. 

I’ll figure out my new normal and exercise tolerance in the next few months, but today was a reality check that I won’t just be hopping back into the pool or on my bike - my mind will need to be patient with my body.