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While we haven't yet started a Featured Member section on TheVOG, we recently added a new friend to the site and I thought I'd tell you a bit about her.
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Meet Jennifer. She's 37 years of age, lives in Wisconsin and until recently, was riding an 04 Vegas. She just began riding in April 2007 and started the learning to ride process in a Church parking lot, then advanced to a local park. Later she took the MSF course and passed with flying colors. From the first time she sat in the rider's seat, as she states, "I could feel it in me that I had to get on the road and GO!"
Three short months ago, Jennifer found a small lump in her armpit and immediately had it diagnosed as breast cancer. It started out as a pea-sized lump and in just a few weeks had grown into three plum-sized tumors. In May she had surgery to have them removed as well as 26 nodes - three of which were cancerous. Her cancer is described as being aggressive. The cancer was only there for six weeks when she discovered the lump. She was to begin treatment at a local hospital, but the Oncologist was giving her the run-around and she found a new Doctor at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) Hospital and is very comfortable with this Doctor. It's a long drive for her and as she states, "well worth it."
She's been evaluated as being a triple negative and that's three strikes against her. But as she states, "I'm tough and I'm determined. I have grandkids that I need to see. We'll I don't have them yet."
To complicate her life even further, she's in the middle of a divorce and attributes the breakup on the fact that she's now fighting breast cancer. In the same breath, she states she's looking forward to the days when she can add the title "Survivor" to mark the end of this battle. She has four children ranging in age from two to 17. As Jennifer says, "If you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best." Great attitude Jennifer!
Jennifer is now scheduled for four sessions of the chemo drug Adriamycin that she calls the "devil's juice and satan's serum." This drug is administered four times over a period of 12 weeks. The next step will be for her to get Cytoxin (another chemo drug) once per week for 12 weeks. Then, she'll undergo radiation for seven weeks. By February, her treatments will be completed and with any luck, she'll be cancer free and back on a bike.
Here's a link to Jennifer's Profile: http://thevog.net/Jennifer If you're a registered member of TheVOG, let's take a moment to add her to your friends list and send her an email message to say hello. She'll be checking in on this thread and I hope that everyone takes a moment to add a comment to show her our support.
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Jennifer loves to ride and while she's not riding now, having some riding buddies to act as her support staff could only deliver positive results. I'mbetting thatshe'll beat thisthing and when shedoeswe can get together and get her back on a bike and riding again.
So, let's take a moment to introduce ourselves to our new friend, Jennifer. You go girl!
Three short months ago, Jennifer found a small lump in her armpit and immediately had it diagnosed as breast cancer. It started out as a pea-sized lump and in just a few weeks had grown into three plum-sized tumors. In May she had surgery to have them removed as well as 26 nodes - three of which were cancerous. Her cancer is described as being aggressive. The cancer was only there for six weeks when she discovered the lump. She was to begin treatment at a local hospital, but the Oncologist was giving her the run-around and she found a new Doctor at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) Hospital and is very comfortable with this Doctor. It's a long drive for her and as she states, "well worth it."
She's been evaluated as being a triple negative and that's three strikes against her. But as she states, "I'm tough and I'm determined. I have grandkids that I need to see. We'll I don't have them yet."
To complicate her life even further, she's in the middle of a divorce and attributes the breakup on the fact that she's now fighting breast cancer. In the same breath, she states she's looking forward to the days when she can add the title "Survivor" to mark the end of this battle. She has four children ranging in age from two to 17. As Jennifer says, "If you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best." Great attitude Jennifer!
Jennifer is now scheduled for four sessions of the chemo drug Adriamycin that she calls the "devil's juice and satan's serum." This drug is administered four times over a period of 12 weeks. The next step will be for her to get Cytoxin (another chemo drug) once per week for 12 weeks. Then, she'll undergo radiation for seven weeks. By February, her treatments will be completed and with any luck, she'll be cancer free and back on a bike.
Here's a link to Jennifer's Profile: http://thevog.net/Jennifer If you're a registered member of TheVOG, let's take a moment to add her to your friends list and send her an email message to say hello. She'll be checking in on this thread and I hope that everyone takes a moment to add a comment to show her our support.
So, let's take a moment to introduce ourselves to our new friend, Jennifer. You go girl!
