TORONTO — A Toronto woman has incorporated Pokemon Go into her cancer treatment plan.
Lisa Freedman, 60, has to walk at least 20 minutes a day to help recover from the radiation used to treat her breast cancer.
But she says the the treatment has left her fatigued.
So her 22-year-old son downloaded the mobile Pokemon Go app to give her a reason to walk around outside.
The cellphone-based game sends players into the real world to search for digital monsters, who appear on screen when users hold up their iPhones or Android devices in various locations at various times.
She says the prospect of catching Pokemon gives her the motivation she needs to fight the fatigue.
Freedman says she thinks Pokemon Go should be advertised as a fitness app so that other people outside the game's target demographic can benefit from it like she has.
