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NYC Marathon

pattymatt
  • By pattymatt
  • Posted November 2, 2009 at 6:53 am · 16 replies
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Last November 1st I was sitting in the hospital just 1 day diagnosed with Stage IV NSC Lung Cancer with a brain met.

Not only was my brain tumor non-operable but I was told my lung tumor (size of a paddle tennis ball) was not as well.

My brain tumor was zapped with cyberknife and after chemo I had the upper half of my left lung which contained the tumor removed in February at Mass General in Boston.

I started walk/running on June 1st first just 2 weeks after my last round of chemo.

Yesterday I completed the NY Marathon in a 5:05

For those of you suffering with this disgusting disease, NEVER GIVE UP HOPE.

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