8.25

I walked a personal best yesterday of 8.25 miles. I am pretty damn proud of myself. If someone had asked me a year ago if I thought I could walk that far I would have said no way, but here I am.

I have been training with some of my MOMS Club friends. Once again this group of women have come through for me. Once again I am facing a big challenge and they are there supporting me all the way. You gals rock!!!

Appointment

I had a check up appointment today with my Surgical Oncologist. She said everything looked "perfect". I had no reason to think otherwise, but I always underestimate how stressed out I get about these appointments. It sneaks up on me and I wonder why I am short tempered a day or two before and then I go "oh, that's right I have to go see one of my cancer docs no wonder I am a little out of sorts".

Next stop, an appointment with my Radiation Oncologist in September, a bilateral mammogram in September, a full body PET/CT Scan in October with a follow up appointment with my Oncologist that same month.

All of this kind of checking will continue for another year or so until I am out of the "re occurrence high risk" area.

Really the tests are the things that stress me out the most. But right now today and for a while everything is golden!

8 weeks

There are 8 weeks left until the 3Day. I reached a personal best today by walking 6.14 miles in 2 hours. According to the 3Day website training guide I should be walking about 15 miles a walk right now. I am way behind and I am quickly realizing that there is really no way I can walk all 60 miles.

I have been thinking hard about that. Trying not to beat myself up about it, which is hard for me. But is that what this experience is really all about? For me no. It's about trying, its about putting one foot in front of the other for 3 days with 2 of my favorite people in the whole world. It's about processing the profound effect cancer has had on my life. It's about moving forward litereally and figuratively. It's about laughter and I am sure some tears. It's about the experience of it all!

I still have to raise a significant amount of money. I will be sending out some more emails this week and some snail mail to mostly family that doesn't do email. I have already had wonderful support from family and friends. If you read this and want to donate you can click on the 3Day link at the right or you can click here.

I am getting excited. Excited to spend 3 days with Jay and Radha. Excited to add this to my story. Excited. Excited. Excited.