Approach

“ When I was diagnosed with cancer in mid-2022, following numerous medical procedures, some unsuccessful and given a prognosis of maybe 6 months to live I decided on chemotherapy at the BMP hospital Oncology department in Cowansville. Shortly after commencing bi-weekly chemo treatments I began work with Kinesiologist Gabrielle Duhamel and progressed rapidly from a wheelchair to a walker, then hiking sticks to walk freely with no aids on walking trails in and around Knowlton and Waterloo. Weather permitting, I regularly achieve 4 km per day and in the warmer months sometimes 8 km. I continue to have bi-weekly treatments at the oncology department as well as bi-weekly sessions with the kinesiologist. I have now exceeded 75 chemotherapy treatments since 2022.

I owe everything to the Onco-Kin project with BMP Oncology department Kinesiologist Gabrielle Duhamel and the BMP foundation. I have so far celebrated 3 Christmases and summers I thought I would not see, and most importantly our 50th wedding anniversary in 2025. ”