NO ONE EVER WANTS TO HEAR THE WORDS "YOU HAVE CANCER."
On May 3, 2016 I went to my doctor because something didn't seem quite right with my "man parts." Later that month I was diagnosed with Stage II testicular cancer.
Unfortunately, this story isn't all that rare in this day and age. Either you, or someone you know, has been diagnosed with cancer in some form. Like most people I thought, "There's no way I could have cancer." I was in the best shape of my life. I was eating right. I was doing all the right things. Yet still, I had to tell myself over and over, "You have cancer," because I couldn't believe it.
Back in 2011 I raced an Ironman distance triathlon with Team in Training and raised money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, an influential cancer research and treatment organization. At that time I knew many people close to me who were affected by cancer in some way, but I was still someone who was on the outside looking in.
Now I have rejoined the team to raise money once again with a new perspective on things. Now I see what it's like to be diagnosed. I know what it's like to undergo life changing surgery and treatment. I know what it's like to feel nauseated and lifeless due to chemo. It is the opposite of fun. It sucks. It's my biggest wish that not only we beat cancer, but we find safer ways to do it, like immunotherapies that use a person’s own immune system to kill cancer.
I'm in remission now, but there are millions of people who aren't so lucky. So now in 2017 I will be racing in a half Ironman with Team in Training and ask for your support yet again. Please make a donation in support of my efforts with Team In Training and help get us all closer to a world without blood cancers, and in turn, a world without all cancer!
It takes more than one person to make up a team and that’s why I’m asking you to donate to my TNT fundraising page for TNT!
Thank you!
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