There's no reason I can't

Yesterday I signed up for my third 5K. This particular one I did last year with Sean, literally the day after my fine needle aspiration. It was my second ever 5K (the first being on April 1, and also the same day I later found the lump), and it was right when we were "waiting." The next day we went to Philadelphia for the weekend for Passover with Sean's family, and that Monday we got the news.
The 5K is in May, and at that time, I won't be near any surgeries. I'll be where I am now. With one implant (and breast), and one "nothing area," as I like to call it. I am not scheduling my left mastectomy with expanders on both sides until the June-July timeframe, so in May, there's nothing stopping me. There's no reason I can't run a 5K in May. I have plenty of time to train (I can start now.) I'm allowed to run and have no medical or physical restrictions. So the timing is perfect. I always said I would run after breast cancer, and here is my chance to do it. I'm sure I'll do many more 5Ks (and hopefully one day marathons) after this one, but this one marks the first one post-breast cancer. It's not the first one after ALL my breast cancer surgeries (since I'll be having at least two more), but it is AFTER breast cancer, and after four surgeries. This one marks me coming full circle. Running again after all this. And running a 5K when I'm not waiting for results. Running a 5K AFTER breast cancer.
If I'd done it twice before, I can certainly do it again. It gives me something to strive for. It gives me more ways to stay in shape and feel good. I am going to do this.

"There is running after breast cancer. And I'll be doing just that." - July 22, 2011


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In other news, this coming weekend is a busy one, though we'll not be traveling. I have my first session of physical therapy, and we've got puppy training, THON, a Penn State wrestling match, and other fun stuff. And we are well in the swirl of wedding planning. Lots of emails and lists circulating. Times being finalized. Things being ordered and put together. RSVPs still coming in, fast. I'm excited, glowing, busy, happy. Still worried. Still anxious. But I work on that, every day. But we're in this. All in this. If this is life, I think I'm doing a pretty good job.