The 3 Day Walk: Cancer doesn't get to take my days away - especially 3 Days!

I think my doctor might think I'm crazy.  Two months ago when she said that we had to up my treatment from radiation to chemo, I had just two questions.  #1. How many chemo treatments? And #2. Can I still walk in the 3 Day?  What I love about the relationship I have with Dr. C is that she knows how important it is for me to walk those 60 miles.  She knows that I fundraise all year round, she knows I recruit team members every week.  She knows that I need to have something to work towards - I need to have hope - I NEED a physical finish line to cross.  As a cancer patient and a survivor, I think we look at the 3 Day a little different than the average walker.  Life is so uncertain every day going through treatment.  We rarely get definite timelines - everything depends on how your body responds to treatment.  I have learned in the last 2 years that my doctors can't promise me anything, and I've stopped asking them to.  I take their recommendations and I battle through - and I pray for the best.  So one way I get my Finish line is by participating in the 3 Day Walk.  At the end of 60 miles - I know there is a finish line I can cross.  It will be there whether my treatment is working or not - whether my cancer is in remission or not - whether I walked all 60 miles or I had to jump on a Sweep Van or a SAG bus.  I know that I will walk into Holding with my Team to the cheer of hundreds of crew and family members lining the streets -  and I will march arm in arm with my fellow Survivors into Closing Ceremonies...joyful, tearful, thankful...most of all full of Hope!  It is something I think about every day.  Every step I take, and that every breast cancer patient or survivor takes on the 3 Day, is a step towards regaining your life - toward our personal Victory - and a bold statement telling cancer that it doesn't get to take days away from us...and it certainly doesn't get to take these 3 days away from us!  To those 3 Day walkers who are currently in treatment or have survived breast cancer - I look forward to seeing you along the way - to hitting that finish line with you all and to stand shoulder to shoulder as Warriors!  These are OUR 3 Days...not cancer's...we need to grab ahold and take them - with every thing we have!   See you on the road...