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 Photo taken March 31, 2009 Carlsbad State Beach, CA.  Two years and 9 months past diagnosis!  To see our original site for photos of post surgery and other news Click Here

 

 
 
  My walking and hiking partners, Katy, Silvi and Morgan. Walking was critical to my recovery and it still is. It took about four weeks post surgery to get me up to 45 minutes walking per day. The second and third weeks were filled with lots of breaks about every five to ten minutes of walking, but I pushed on through. Within four weeks, I was back up to 45 minutes without taking a break.  
 
Walking has been a major part of my recovery.  In May 2007 we took a trip to NYC and clocked 8-12 miles a day.  We also took a hiking tour of the Cotswolds in England in May, 2008.  On one eventful day we hiked 18 miles.  It was by mistake though, but we did survive! Since the diagnosis, we have traveled as much as possible.  We've been to NYC twice, Iowa, Illinois, England, British Columbia and Phoenix, Boston, San Francisco, and San Diego.  Our lives have changed significantly.  Whether we like it or not, we've been forced to live life one day and a time and in the moment.  Despite the dismal diagnosis, we have found great joy and will continue to do so.   
 
 

Zip trekking in B.C. Photos taken 10 weeks post surgery on 8/24/06; This was one week past last radiation treatments. The helmet covered up his new hairdo! The tumor they removed was the size of an orange.  That seems a bit big doesn't it! 

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