3-Day Hooray

The 3-Day walk was amazing. Dacca went with me for the early morning ride and drop off at opening ceremonies. We got a great picture with our team sign. Thank you to everyone who came out to support me, including Amanda's Girl Scout troop, Young Survival Coalition sisters and my mom. My sister-in-law, Kami, created the best cheering station, complete with a pink balloon arch at the top of a steep hill. I met up with other people I knew, met some new people along the way and walked some of the miles alone. I opted not to go to the closing ceremonies without Dacca. The whole experience was powerful and emotional. I loved it and am in for next year. Come and walk with us September 16-18 2011. Go Team Double D!

Cheering

If you are interested in coming out to the 3 Day route to cheer me on, go to http://www.the3day.org/ and check out the spectator information for Seattle. There are cheering stations along the way. I am so excited!

Going Solo

My teammate Dacca and I have trained so hard for the 3 Day Walk. Unfortunately, Dacca broke her leg last week and won't be able to walk with me. It is fractured in two places and she has to have surgery this week. I am going to walk. Hopefully she will be well enough to make it to closing ceremonies to join me in the survivor circle.

New "Cancerversary"

Two years ago today was the date of my double mastectomy surgery. It was the day the cancer was taken out of my body and I became cancer free as far as I know. I am celebrating this day as my "cancerversary" because it makes more sense than celebrating the day I was diagnosed, which was one of the worst days of my life.

Celebration Aboard the Oosterdam

I attended a survivor brunch aboard the Holland America Oosterdam cruise ship yesterday. It was a nice afternoon (wine with lunch - always a bonus) with friends and YSC sisters. It was also a nice PR event for Komen and Holland America. Picture an entire dining room packed full of survivors. It feels a little odd to be honored in this manner. The ship is all decked out in pink. Pink balloons everywhere. Everyone is wearing pink, including me. There was even pink champagne at the end. Rah-Rah survivors... looking around the room I thought to myself... I wonder if half of us will make it. Are we really survivors? Aren't we really fighters?

3-Day Update

The Komen 3-Day Walk is less than two weeks away. I am getting excited! Training has been time consuming! It takes hours and hours to walk 18 miles, my longest training walk so far. I've done 18-14-10 mile walks back to back and I feel ready. Bring it on! I've learned more about the route. We are starting in Redmond and walking to Everett the first day. Team Double D (Dena and Dacca) will be taking a town car to opening ceremonies. Why not? Who wants to wake up the husband and kids at that hour? We are going to have the driver stop at the Starbucks drive through, as we are getting on the road at 5:00 a.m. and we need our coffee! The Girl Scouts will be out there cheering us on Friday. I believe the route goes right by my brother's house the second day, which is cool. Thank you again to everyone who donated so I could walk. I've raised close to $3,000 for Komen!! I saw one of my Young Survival Coalition sisters yesterday and loved the t-shirt she was wearing. It said: F*ck Awareness Find a Cure. (the letter U was a pink ribbon).