inspiration

I was reading about a lung cancer survivor (he was also just diagnosed with prostate and then throat cancer this fall). He is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mexican border all the way up to Canada. "It's what's called my next big adventure, but I'm also doing it for the American Lung Association." http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/021611-lung-cancer-survivo r-to-hike-2600-miles

Wow-that is inspiring! I can't even get my sorry butt out for a walk!

I loved his comment, "Awareness, research dollars and hope. I tell everyone to hang on as long as they can because the cavalry might be just around the corner."

hugs,
chris

Long term

Another round this week. Did not feel well at all yesterday, but today seems a bit better.
I am now getting B-12 shots each chemo week. That seems to help. I usually have acupuncture the day of chemo, but was not able to get in to see her this time. Makes me feel like I am going in without all my armor.
I feel so lucky to be on a chemo drug that lets me do so well. But, I do worry about the long term effects of 90+ infusions. Wow! As a stage IIIB/IV lung cancer fighter, that is a pretty amazing statement! When first diagnosed, long term was not in my vocabulary. Terminal/chronic is a strange combo...

Read this wonderful quote in Living Life as a Thank You:
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy--they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust

hugs,
chris

message from my friend Missy

From my friend Missy White...wow! Thank you Missy. YOU are AMAZING!!

Hi Friends
I am once again planning on bicycling the 100 mile distance at the Little Red Riding Hood event. LRRH is the nations largest all-women's athletic event- 3000 women on bikes!- and *all* proceeds from the ride are donated to women's cancer research.
For the previous 2 years I have ridden it in honor of my friend Chris van Burgh, a tenacious cancer fighter. This year, I am upping the ante and doing additional fund raising in her honor. Chris recently had chemo #96. She's an inspiration to all who know her, she certainly is for me. I hope you will join me in gathering funds in her name. I can't think of a more deserving recipient of this gesture. By the time LRRH 2011 rolls around, she'll be close to 105 chemo treatments.

What's being saddle sore and stiff compared to that?

I know many of you on this list are also riding, and I encourage you to add a few dollars to your registration fee if possible. For those of you who can give a financial gift, Chris and I thank you. For those of you who can't make a donation, we'll be delighted if you take a few minutes in her name to celebrate your health and community.

The link for the fundraising is embedded in the blurb below.
Many thanks!
Missy

Please go to Fabulous Fundraisers,
https://umarket.utah.edu/lrrh/index.html or to
https://umarket.utah.edu/lrrh/fundraiser.tpl?ID=1297212490146626 to support me. Type in "Missy White" to find me among the fundraisers.

World Cancer Day

World Cancer Day is a global observance that helps raise people’s awareness of cancer and how to prevent, detect or treat it.

http://www.cancer.org/ Support this, through Relay for Life and our Wyoming Library Community Relay for Life team

http://www.livestrong.org/


How we will win? Awareness, education, dollars...and hope.

hugs,
chris