giving rise to action; staying fit and sane through running
(38 Weeks)
Surviving cancer is a big deal. 2024 marks ten years for me.
I feel odd at times defining myself as a cancer survivor. I was one of the very lucky ones. It was caught early. A lumpectomy and four weeks of radiation. That’s it. I opted against chemotherapy. After much research, I believed, in my case, the risk wouldn’t outweigh the benefit.
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I realized about the time I turned 50 (three years ago this coming weekend) that I was just getting started. I had spent my 30s building my career and creating my family. I had spent most of my 40s working a lot of hours at stressful, and some unfulfilling, jobs to pay my mortgage, save for college, and keep my family afloat. I was sandwiched between my school-aged daughter and elderly parents. I wasn’t unhappy. But my life was about the roles I played, what I was to everyone else, being needed, not personally fulfilled. Read more