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Started by Pedanticky, Mar 20 2009 05:39 PM

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#1 Pedanticky

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Posted 20 March 2009 - 05:39 PM

I didn't really know where to post this then thought, "what the hell, I only want to skite anyway."

I gave blood again for the first time in 5 years yesterday. The significance of the milestone is that it means I've been cancer-free for 5 years woohoo!!! I had surgery for prostate cancer in 2004 and since then I've...started running, lost >10 kg, run 6+ half marathons, one marathon (Gold Coast 2007), numerous other fun runs and included running in my life.

Life's good.

Dave

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Posted 20 March 2009 - 05:44 PM

View PostPedanticky, on Mar 20 2009, 06:09 PM, said:

The significance of the milestone is that it means I've been cancer-free for 5 years woohoo!!!

A HUGE WOOHOO!!!!!

That's great! Well done and skite away!

May be you could go by the 1st definition on urban dictionary - http://www.urbandict....php?term=skite to celebrate!

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Posted 20 March 2009 - 06:06 PM

View Postgoldie*, on Mar 20 2009, 05:44 PM, said:

May be you could go by the 1st definition on urban dictionary - http://www.urbandict....php?term=skite to celebrate!

Hahaha, I didn't know that definition. Maybe it's a good idea, but then again, running in the morning. Oh well, that's the price we pay :good:

Dave

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Posted 20 March 2009 - 07:02 PM

EXCELLENT!! :good:

Enjoy every day and as Goldie aid "Skite away",you've earned the right to.

Yondi ;)

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Posted 20 March 2009 - 07:19 PM

View PostPedanticky, on Mar 20 2009, 06:39 PM, said:

Life's good.
You know what Dave, life is good. I try not to get carried away too much with the slap on the back stuff here at CR because too often I believe mediocre performance is being treated as 'awesome', 'sensational' and the like. When really, whilst it's important to the person who has achieved it and they should feel very proud, it is still mediocre.

But what you've done is celebrate and grab hold of life when you could have just withered away and died. Pretty blunt, but that's how it is. And having known both cancer survivors and those who haven't been able to defeat it adopting a positive attitude and then succeeeding beyond what most would expect isn't easy.

So very well done to you and keep it up.

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Posted 21 March 2009 - 06:00 AM

View Postyondi, on Mar 20 2009, 07:02 PM, said:

EXCELLENT!! :good:

Enjoy every day and as Goldie aid "Skite away",you've earned the right to.

Yondi :)

I agree - that is fantastic! ;)
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