365 Days With Bonnie

Monday, March 26, 2018

Still catching up!

March 19 and 20th (Monday and Tuesday)

Christa and I chose a early morning walk! morning walk. Thank goodness! Got home and called my doctor. She squeezed me in to be seen at noon! Continue with chills, loss of appetite and fatigue!!!! Kinda scary! Withdrawal from a medication that I was taken off from. WOW! When I even have a pain the first thing that I worry about is cancer. I think that anyone who has dealt with cancer feels the same! Thank goodness that there are other options for me! Hate going to Boston but have so many friends and family that have offered to take me down to Mass General! Hoping that the clinical trial will work

Anyway,Christa and I walked 2.51 miles on Monday and 1.91 miles on Tuesday. So far we have walked 82 days. Only 283 more days to go!

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A Note From Bonnie:

As many of you know, I was diagnosed with melanoma in November of 2010. They found traces of melanoma in two of my lymph nodes. I had the melanoma removed and during a year of treatment with interferon I came up with a bucket list of things I wanted to do in my life. One of these things was to walk 50 miles for Lend A Hand. I made a promise to myself that I was going to do it. This foundation does so many great things for people who are dealing with a cancer diagnosis. I had big plans to do my walk this year but my melanoma returned to my left lung and my brain. I had brain surgery a week after my diagnosis in September of 2017. I am now in treatments for my right lung. Since my brain surgery I lost partial vision in my right eye. I can no longer drive a vehicle which is discouraging for me. I also need a friend to walk or run by my side.

This January, my friend Christa and I did the Runner's Alley Winter Warrior Challenge for the second year in a row. We walked in sleet, blizzards, freezing temperatures and did at least 3 miles everyday for 31 days. It gave me a purpose to keep going and to remain positive. It got me off the couch and into the fresh air. It gave me a reason to get up every morning.

So on January 31, our last day of the challenge my friend said "I will walk by your side for 365 days if you would like to walk for Lend A Hand". So here we are... and so it begins!

A Note From Christa:

I have known Bonnie for 41 years. Since I was 2 years old. Bonnie is my mom's very best friend. To me, Bonnie is a great inspiration of hope and strength. I am honored to be able to walk beside Bonnie for 365 walks (and many many laughs). It makes me happy that I can help her achieve her goal of walking for Lend A Hand. I get to be her second set of eyes and I am honored.