Thursday, January 27, 2011

Run down ovarian cancer

Everyone HATES cancer and wants to help eradicate this horrible disease that steals people away from us way before their time. It's a God-awful afflication, that takes many forms and responds differently to treatment options. While cancer research has come a long way over the years, so much more needs to be done to discover better treatments to kill the cancer and perhaps medication to prevent the disease.

While some cancers get a lot of publicity and fundraising dollars, others aren't as lucky. Maybe fewer people are afflicted with a particular form of the disease, so they aren't in the limelight of public consciousness. Gynaecological cancers, like ovarian, cervical and uterine, are poor second cousins to breast cancer (which gets a lot of publicity). 

I'm not saying any cancer is more important than the other, because they all kill. I believe breathroughs in one area of research may lead to discoveries that may help battle other types of cancers. Research is the key.

That's why I firmly believe in supporting the Translational Ovarian Cancer Research Program team. This amazing group of researchers, based right here in London, Ontario, are working on ways to treat and beat ovarian cancer. One of the key ways they get the money they need to continue their valuable work is through the annual Run for Ovarian Cancer.

Team Tina, with me as their honoured captain, will be there again this year. Since my diagnosis in 2009, this team (comprised of so many of my friends and family) have been top fundraisers for this event. Our team, with their unmistakable yellow shirts and abundance of enthusiasm, had over 50 members each of the past two years. Let's see if we can do it again!

I encourage you to join Team Tina, raise funds and come out on May 15 for the run. Don't worry, you don't have to actually run. You can walk the 5K or even stroll the 1K course. The goal is to be there and support all those women afflicted with this stupid, wasteful disease.

If you can't make it, please sponsor one of the runners. Michael and I are already registered. Team Tina is activitated on the run website and ready to accept new members and donations. I welcome one and all. It's a fun day.

If it weren't for research, I wouldn't be taking a new experimental drug (that seems to be working) and living to run another event. Help support that kind of research and give the researchers the funding they need to beat cancer. Die cancer die!

Tina

2 comments:

  1. That's awesome Tina! Every year since my mom's death I've headed up Team Barbara for our local Relay For Life at my college. Now that I've graduated I plan to find some other local charities to join :-) excited to hear you do the same! Go Team Tina!!

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  2. It feels great to see dedicated advocates who are encouraging others to fight cancer. Many are also willing to help those who are suffering from the terminal illness, regardless if they are patients or under remission. We can defeat cancer, as long as we have these reliable physicians who'll take good care of our health.

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