why i'm running

2 months ago my dad called me. he had a tumors on his neck. he has a ct & pet scan results but didn't know what it meant. they wanted to remove it, but my dad wanted to wait. the doctor called him in to get a biopsy and make an appointment with the oncologist. the doctor told him that whatever he had could be treated with chemo. i came by, got the test results and had them translated in regular people terminology. my dad did not only have tumors on his neck... he had multiple ones in his neck, his under arms & his groin area... all the tests were still inconclusive... but something was wrong.

i called my dad and let him know that the tests were inconclusive and that we need to find out what is wrong with him... it looks like lymphoma, but there is nothing positive. his mom (my grandmother) died of lymphoma. we have to see the oncologist and do more tests. my dad told me he was scared. i told him that i loved him, then i got off the phone and cried.

it was my turn to be strong for my dad and mom, but i didn't know what to do. i felt helpless. i couldn't help my dad... we just had to go to the doctor appointments and wait.

it's now may 25, 2010. we still don't know what he has, but the bone marrow biopsy came out negative (WOHOO!). my dad is scheduling a time to remove the tumor and things look better than they did 2 months ago...

that's why i'm running. i'm raising money to cure cancer. it's what i can do to help.

training starts this thursday 5/27/2010 at 5:50am... until then.