Cycling For Cancer

First of all I wanted to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It just seems surreal. Last year we were fighting for our life wondering if we would get to this point. Now, we’re looking back wondering how we got through it all. It’s hard to believe that a whole year has gone by and we are still cancer free.

We’ve done alot this year to help bring awareness to the cancer fight … from riding locally in the annual Ride For Your Life event, traveling to Texas to participate in the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s Ride for the Roses event, to lending our story to the Wilmot Cancer Center for the annual Breakfast Buzz Christmas Spectacular.

What will 2006 bring? Hopefully more cycling and more chances to get the word out about how important the fight against cancer is. Last year at this time we committed to the LAF and the Ride for the Roses. This year we are committing to the Wilmot Cancer Center. I don’t think enough people realize the resource we have for fighting cancer right in our own backyard.

Lastly, I want to thank my wife Carrie for being with me these last three years. I cannot express to all of you how important it was for my well being and survival to have her love and support through all this. I believe that had I not had it all the chemo and radiation in the world would not have helped me. She was the reason I fought and is the reason I am here today. She is the reason I LiveSTRONG.

I can only imagine what life is like for the caretakers that are in our situation now. Cancer, Chemo, and Radiation are hard, but to have to sit there and watch your loved one go through it and still manage to keep your lives together has got to be just as harsh (if not worse). My advice? Talk. Tell each other how you feel. Listen to one another. Realize that this is just as hard on them as it is you. You are not alone in this fight. Take advantage of whatever resources your treatment center can offer you (counseling, volunteers, etc).

We wish all of you a safe and Happy New Year.

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