Run, run, run.
Hello everyone,
I hope this message finds you well. Thank you all for the kind words and praise regarding my speech. It is much appreciated. Brian and I have been working on making our Zebra Ball DVD. The main feature is my speech, but we'll also have a section with pictures and action from the auction, and a fantastic dance number (thank you Julie!). Brian finally got the part we needed to fix our computer, so we're off and running again having fun editing the photage we got, as well as putting in pictures from the evening. It is really neat what we can do with so little thanks to Final Cut Pro. It's the editing program that Brian got for our MAC a few years ago and it's a fantastic hobby. We really need to go out and purchase our own digital video recorder so that we can get more home videos of things that we do and places we go. In case you aren't aware - we really love movies.
So since the last time I wrote I've been busy at work but mostly relaxing during the evenings. Although I have gotten back into exercising more. I started going to a kickboxing class last week (which is twice weekly) with some girlfriends of mine. It's been a lot of fun and a good work out. I've also started training for the mini-marathon more also. I try to run at least twice a week. I usually do an interval training thing, where I jog for 4 minutes, and then walk for 2 minutes. I do this for either a certain amount of time or distance (hopefully increasing with each session). So far the longest I've got is 3.6 miles and 55 minutes. A mini-marathon is 13 miles long, so I'm a little nervous about the distance. But it is getting easier each time. I think it helps that I do the interval training, because I don't think I'd be able to just run for a long distance or period of time. Although, I sometimes struggle a little during the exercise, I always feel tremendous when I am finished. I feel very rewarded knowing that I can actually do these types of physical activities. Nothing beats down cancer like running for miles at a time. I don't feel sick at all when I run - instead I feel as healthy as I possibly could be. I feel like I am exercising the cancer out of me. Like every bead of sweat contains some cancer cells and their being released from my body. I wish it were just that easy. I'm not sure if this is what drove Lance Armstrong to return to cycling, but he did mention once that getting on his bike and just moving meant that he was still alive.
Next Monday is a big day. I return to Dr. Hwang's office for my next round of chemo (hopefully my last round). I'll also get my recent test results back as well. Fingers crossed that there will be a dramatic improvement. I will write more about that next week after I've been to the dr.
I hope you all enjoy the rest of your February (can you believe March is almost here!?)
Until next time...
"We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are."
Tobias Wolff, 'In Pharaoh's Army'
Feb 26, 2007