Breast Cancer 3-Day

OK, I’ll dust the cobwebs on this blog and post something today….here’s the email I sent to my friends and supporters (aka you) today!

Dear friends and supporters:

 

The 3-Day is fast approaching: at 6am on November 9th, my team and I will take the first of many steps toward the 60 miles-in-three-days goal we set up to walk several months ago. It’s been a long journey, though for some reason I see and remember this past year in a blurry haze. It’s been over a year since my diagnosis. I am alive; missing some body parts, but alive. Some of us were not so lucky. Some of us will not live another year. Many of us will live long and quality-filled lives, thanks to the work and perseverance of those of us who were diagnosed and treated in those early days, when breast cancer did not receive the attention and research it does today in the western world. Some of those pioneers died, but they initiated a movement that has been an example for advocates of people suffering from many other diseases. Thanks to those early pioneers we (I) have a chance to life.

 

But the struggle is not over: breast cancer still cannot be cured. Most importantly, access to known and proven treatments, information, and support systems is denied or unavailable to many people in the world. There is still a lot of work to do. So while I am glad and grateful I am alive and I have a wonderful network of support, I cannot help but ache for those sisters and brothers who are not; for those whose life chances are diminished because of lack of access and/or because of where they live; for those alone; for those sick of even less treatable (and less funded) diseases…I cannot help but be afraid for what this disease will bring me and other people like me.

 

On November 9th-11th, I will walk to celebrate life; to rejoice in being alive and seeing my son’s beautiful face every morning; in having survived mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation for now. But the members of Team Sabita and I will also walk in mourning for and honor of those who died fighting and in support of those who are still struggling with this or other diseases. All over the world. Our t-shirts are engraved with our team name and the slogan “for the world” in 14 languages representing all 6 inhabited continents (though we couldn’t find translations for Native American or Aboriginal languages). We will also bring with us the names of our supporters and their loved ones. You will walk with us.

 

For those of you who can join us at some point in our 60-miles trek, the 3-Day organizers have created a “Supporters’ Handbook”, which can be found and downloaded at the following website: http://tinyurl.com/yp2d6q

 

Please do consider coming to San Diego and physically join us in our celebrations: there will be several opportunities to root for us along the way at several ‘cheering stations’ and you can also participate to the closing ceremonies at Petco Park. If you can’t join us but want to see what the 3-Day looks like, the organizers have set up a webcam, which will be available for viewing between the hours of 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm on Friday and Saturday during the event. All instructions and the link to the webcam are in the handbook.

 

I hug you all.

 

In peace,

Catia

 

P.S.: I encourage you to forward this message to people you know and/or I might have forgotten (and I apologize in advance for this).

 

P.P.S.: Remember it is not too late to donate to our team: to do so, please visit http://tinyurl.com/3yvck6

 

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One Response to “Breast Cancer 3-Day”

  1. Kylie Batt wrote on May 13th, 2010 at 5:06 am :

    Я думаю, что это – неправда….

    Менеджер по туризму OK, I’ll dust the cobwebs on this blog and post something today……..

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