Cancer Cardio Club
Outrunning
cancer
Colon cancer, bladder cancer, a neobladder, kidney tubes, and a few ultramarathons in between. Told in photos, videos and writing, to process it and maybe get a few people moving.
Cancer Timeline
After years of enduring relentless waves of cancer challenges, mostly in private, I’ve decided to document my journey through photos, videos, and writing.
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Champion Walker Award: Post-Surgery Edition
I don’t even remember which surgery this was from. It definitely wasn’t my first, because by then I knew the drill.
Cancer-Filled Ultramarathon
Running the Rocky Raccoon 50-miler in 83-degree heat, with cancer back in my kidneys. Run the mile you are in.
Running a 50k w/ Nephrology tubes!
Sometimes I come out of surgery with a surprise. This time it was tubes hanging out of my back that go into my kidneys.
Let's have fun with chemotherapy!
Cancer is fucking brutal. In the middle of it, I try to stay steady, or simply lean into the absurd.
6 weeks post surgery
While recovering from a right hemicolectomy that, due to complications, became two major surgeries in seven days, I asked my surgeon when I could start lifting fifty pounds again.
What does colon cancer look like?
This is a picture of my colon cancer. My surgeon showed it to me with excitement lol.
Neobladder Surgery
Preparing for surgery became routine. There was always some amount of fear involved, but more often than not, I chose excitement.