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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Relay for Life this Friday

This Friday (July 17th) is my third Relay for Life walk as a Survivor. If you'd like to donate, please go to http://main.acsevents.org/goto/DebbyWhite

I've lost 85lbs and gained an entirely new person since my Adenosarcoma diagnosis. I take nothing about life for granted anymore. It's too bad that we have to survive a battle with a killing illness to appreciate what we had all along. I was lucky. My cancer was discovered early and treated with surgery and radiation. Too many people don't find their cancer until it's too far along, or they're diagnosed with a cancer that can't be treated. The American Cancer Society (ACS) raises money to fight cancer through events like Relay for Life.

I'm not pushing anyone to donate, but if you'd like to help in the fight against Cancer this is an organization that really does help. Not only do they fund research, but I found comfort in counseling, medical information and financial advice through ACS when I was first diagnosed. It was a scary time, made worse by having a rare and usually fatal type of sarcoma of the uterus. I know first hand that they really do what they say they do.

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