Two years ago today I opened up the report from CT scan. It was one of those times I expected good news - 80-85% of recurrences of my cancer comes back in two years. This scan was two years, three months. Thought I made it. (The lung met was there from the beginning, just small, so I was counting from the very beginning 😀) But it looked like it was in the lungs and lymph nodes.
A scan two months later showed it was progressing fast. I started Triathlon training.
Today, like last year, I found race to do for the anniversary of the cancer coming back. A 5K. But the course was complicated and somehow I missed a section. So it wound up being 2.71 miles for me. I blame chemo 😜
I went through things and came up with some stats.
Since this all started
33 Chemotherapy Treatments
21 CT Scans
7 MRIS
5 X-Rays
3 Pet Scans
3 Radiation Treatments
3 Sugeries
2 Needle Biopsies
22 of the chemo sessions have been since October, 2018.
From the time I started training up to me having to go back on chemo last October:
3 Sprint Triathlons (solo)
4 5K Races
1 1/2 Marathon
1 Ironman 70.3
Since being back on chemo (all in 2019):
3 Sprint Triathlon Relays
3 Sprint Triathlons Solo
1 Olympic Triathlon Relay
2 5K
1 7.6K
I do not feel like have trained enough, but giving a shot at another 70.3 next weekend. (Looking at the general numbers, I have logged more miles on the bike and runs than last year, the swim about 1/2, but I still not feeling 100% compared to last year. ) Really want to make the cut-off time, will see. Also have another 5K, a 1/2 Marathon and a Sprint Triathlon on schedule through the end of the year.
Next big date will be in February, 2020. Five years from my first surgery. The 5 year survival rate is 10%. II am looking at races for then right now, never been one to rely too much on stats 😉
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