I have been meaning to post here for awhile, the Larry Lucchino news served as a reminder. Tim, Stacey and Larry were all huger supporters of Dana Farber, received treatment there, and clearly their is a void left by the deaths of all three.
I started to ride the Pan Mass Challenge when my daughter in law was diagnosed with Brain Cancer. She lived with my son in Charlestown at the time, and was and is being treated at DFI. She has the slowest growing type of brain cancer, and after 9 hour surgery/12 months chemo/3 months radiation, is doing very well. Initially told they likely could not conceive, (they were engaged when she had a seizure and they found the cancer) she indeed had a healthy baby boy who is a little over two years old now. In honor of her, this will be ride #7 for me.
Fast forward to this January - welp - My wife of 35+ years was diagnosed with breast cancer. Wildly, she has two different types of cancer in one breast. She is undergoing chemo now at DFI, 3/4 of the way done. Very exciting on Monday, the more "minor" of the cancers is resolved and gone by the chemo, the lump she has, while pretty small, is also shrinking. She will have surgery post chemo, we are very optimstic.
Anyhow, that's my story. My thought of posting here is that I thought people might want to make a donation to the PMC in honor of Wake, Stacy, or Larry. I am going to link to my donation page, but of course donate to any rider if you know one personally. The PMC is truly the lifeblood of Dana Farber, 100% of donations go to research. The largest athletic fundraiser in the world. Roughly $75 Million will be raised at this years ride, and this year will also cross $1 BILLION in funds raised, When cancer is eventually cured, or extremely mitigated, the PMC will be part of Chapter One of the books written about cures.
Here is my link, again, donate here, or donate to anyone you might now who is participating, it truly is a special event. Thanks for reading.
Why I Ride ... (pmc.org)