"Heers to Hope"- Lymphomathon

WE DID IT!

Me and the Lovazzano gang walked 5 k

through Golden Gate Park on Sunday.

Only four days after my first chemo!

I am proud to say the team I was on,

"Heers to Hope" was the top fundraiser of the event, raising just shy of $18,000 for Lymphoma research. Thanks to all of you , I was very pleased and honored to pledge my donation .I had the opportunity to met fellow survivors, especially Andy and Brigid whom I met online after a few days of being diagnosed. They both have survived Lymphoma and the treatment and are now in remission. Brigid just had her "miracle"baby five months ago and they are doing very well.  Being able to share experiences with fellow patients and survivors,  good and bad, helps with the coping process. Having my brother and sister in law and their entire family all the way down to "little" Tina , age 7, walk with me and my family was truly inspirational. We have decided to make this a annual event and plan to recruit many of YOU in the future.

On the "horse" front, while I was walking for Lymphoma, my trainer took one of my horses, San Diego ( my "fancy" horse) to a horse show in Santa Cruz. This is super news because she rode him in a Dressage test at "Prix St. George" level. "So, what does that mean?"

There are nine levels in the sport of Dressage. Grand Prix is ridden at the Olympic level. Since most horse and riders do not ever leave first level, to be able to get to Prix St. George, which is only three levels from Grand Prix is the equivalent to being recruited to the NFL. ( almost)

For us "horsey" folk, it is very big news!  The training is intense, takes amazing skill from both the horse ad rider and requires extreme precision and harmony. All of this is being done for me for encouragement, motivation and the true will to survive. So, when all this crappy poison and disease is out of my body, I will rise up, saddle up my horse, dance into the arena and blow the judges away. Don't let me forget that!

Best part of my day: Getting a massage. Ahh.

Worse part of today: Coming off the prednisone.