Every day, 70 Canadians will hear the words “you have breast cancer.”

At age 47 I was one of them.  I soon learned that I had triple negative invasive ductal carcinoma.  Until then, I had no idea how many types of cancer were part of "breast cancer".  Every diagnosis is different  and each treatment is tailored to the person and their cancer.  The one common thread in breast cancer is a strong desire to live even if life is now different.  Cancer is a loaded word.  When I was a child no adult even said the word.  It was talked about quietly when we knew people who had "IT" .  No questions were allowed and families just lost loved ones while friends and neighbors just sat by and wished they could help while worrying they would be in that spot someday.   Fast forward to the Fall of 2019.  I was starting a new chapter.  Scott and I had settled both our daughters at school.  Michaela in Wolfville and Kate in Charlottetown.  We had plans to embrace this new life with travel and some of my favorite volunteer endevours.  However we pivoted this plan once I was diagnosed.  I found a lump and in what seemed like lightning speed and slow motion all at once, I had a single mastectomy with 26 lymphnodes removed followed by 6 months of chemo.  In the middle of it all the world shut down with a virus that none of us saw coming.  So while my family was dealing with a new life so was everyone else.  We participated in CIBC RUN FOR THE CURE during the 2020 restrictions of Covid.  We realized how many friends we had supporting us, loving us, and cheering us on.  Many lives were changed between Fall of 2019 and 2023 not just mine.  Through it all my circle has kept me moving forward.  The people on my team are amazing friends and family who show up and remind me to "never stop running".  I will be in Halifax on Oct 1 2023 and look forward to 2024 and beyond!

BEACH More WORRY LESS is a team of amazing people who are not afraid to say "cancer" because it is not bigger than hope and hope requires action. So show up and lace up for someone today.  I am doing it for me so I can be there for someone else when they need it.  

Thanks in advance for your support!