I was so looking forward to the Race for the Cure on the National Mall this morning. Sure, it's a lot of work getting a team together, and getting up at 4am and portapotties and all, but I remember my first race, when I was still in treatment, and felt fragile and so so scared. Just being in the presence of all those women (and a few men) who had been through the tunnel, out the other side, and were not just walking, but laughing and dancing...I wear a sign on my back that says "not diagnosed early....still OK!! You can do it too" to counteract the terror in other's hearts that I remember feeling in my own every time I saw the motto "Early detection is the best prevention". I have plenty of political views about cancer research and health care in general, but I leave them at home that day.
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