I used to hate running—until it saved my life. When I moved to D.C. in 2020 during the pandemic, I started running as a way to explore my new city and exercise outside when gyms and yoga studios closed or moved online. I ran my first 5K in November 2020 and I was hooked. In 2022, I developed pain in my right hip. I did physical therapy and took a break from running but the pain didn't improve. A November 2022 MRI of my hip incidentally found a right ovarian mass and further testing showed that I had two synchronous cancers—ovarian and endometrial. Because my cancers were caught early, I had surgery and have been cancer-free since December 2022.
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I will be walking in gratitude for my health (2+ years cancer free!), in support of everyone affected by cancer, and in honor of those we lost too soon to this T
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