It's been a good long while since I've written on this. Two years have come and gone since my diagnosis. I've finished all my real treatments, but continue to do "hormone therapy" to help prevent a recurrence. I see doctors fairly regularly, take a lot of drugs, deal with some side-effects, and am constantly adjusting my diet, evaluating my health, fighting with my hair, and trying to exercise so my 29-year old body doesn't give over to my hormonal middle-aged weight. This may sound annoying, but I'm pretty damn happy all things considered. I wake up most days feeling great, and I am able to live a totally normal, happy life. This is such a gift, and if cancer taught me anything, it's to learn to see it as such. I'll write more about the daily adventures later, but at the moment I want to write about a specific event.
This past weekend I participated in the Race for the Cure in Central Park. Organized by the Susan G. Komen Foundation, it's a massive nationwide series of walks/runs geared towards raising money for a cure to breast cancer (as well as for support of women undergoing treatment all over the country). It's the first race/walk of any kind that I've ever done, and obviously it held a particular importance to me. I decided rather late to participate, so I sort of haphazardly threw together a team (Team Hope), and spent about 3 weeks raising money and organizing the walk. However, even with the last-minute decision, it was a big success and I had a ball. Team Hope raised over $3,500 for Komen, and we had a great time walking and being together. I can't really express how life-affirming it was to be surrounded by those I love, with my name on their backs, in the midst of thousands and thousands of other survivors and people who love them, walking through my city in honor of a cause that I feel so strongly about.
I want to thank those who gave money in support of Team Hope, and those who joined the team but couldn't walk, and mostly those who were by my side last weekend. I couldn't have done it without all of you, just as I couldn't have survived cancer without all of you and so many others I love, and who love me. Shout-outs below, and pictures as well.
Team Hope:
Cambra
Amy
Bryn
Jane
Libby
Tessa
Stephanie
Nate
Emily
Michael
Rebecca
Drew
Alison
James
Langhorne
Casey
Erika
David
Shelby
Debbie
Megan
Team Hope Supporters:
Mom
Lisa & Tom
Melissa
Johanna
Teddy
Axel
Scotty
Becky
Alyce
Martha
Priscilla
Elisabeth
Ann
Laura
Aaron
Geraldine
Jenn
Arthur
Katie
Darren
The Reynolds
Maddie
Margaret
Tara
Angelica
Wesley
Shannon
Sarah
Suzanne & Hap
Alison
Katherine
Liz
Dee
Scott
Jennifer
This past weekend I participated in the Race for the Cure in Central Park. Organized by the Susan G. Komen Foundation, it's a massive nationwide series of walks/runs geared towards raising money for a cure to breast cancer (as well as for support of women undergoing treatment all over the country). It's the first race/walk of any kind that I've ever done, and obviously it held a particular importance to me. I decided rather late to participate, so I sort of haphazardly threw together a team (Team Hope), and spent about 3 weeks raising money and organizing the walk. However, even with the last-minute decision, it was a big success and I had a ball. Team Hope raised over $3,500 for Komen, and we had a great time walking and being together. I can't really express how life-affirming it was to be surrounded by those I love, with my name on their backs, in the midst of thousands and thousands of other survivors and people who love them, walking through my city in honor of a cause that I feel so strongly about.
I want to thank those who gave money in support of Team Hope, and those who joined the team but couldn't walk, and mostly those who were by my side last weekend. I couldn't have done it without all of you, just as I couldn't have survived cancer without all of you and so many others I love, and who love me. Shout-outs below, and pictures as well.
Team Hope:
Cambra
Amy
Bryn
Jane
Libby
Tessa
Stephanie
Nate
Emily
Michael
Rebecca
Drew
Alison
James
Langhorne
Casey
Erika
David
Shelby
Debbie
Megan
Team Hope Supporters:
Mom
Lisa & Tom
Melissa
Johanna
Teddy
Axel
Scotty
Becky
Alyce
Martha
Priscilla
Elisabeth
Ann
Laura
Aaron
Geraldine
Jenn
Arthur
Katie
Darren
The Reynolds
Maddie
Margaret
Tara
Angelica
Wesley
Shannon
Sarah
Suzanne & Hap
Alison
Katherine
Liz
Dee
Scott
Jennifer