Happy Saturday, everyone!
It's the Labor Day weekend, and for once I'm having some quiet time to reflect on different stuff that I didn't really pay that much attention to during the week. One of them might seem off-topic for this blog, but there is a tie-in. Trust me.
As some of you probably heard, seven-time Tour of France winner Lance Armstrong announced that after years of accusations of using banned substances to help him recover faster and win this race (among many others) that he would not fight the latest charges by the USADA (United States Anti-Doping Association).
As I've learned over the last few weeks, one thing that all cancer patients are warned against is stress. When we're going through treatments, and even through the recovery period, we're encouraged to make sure to put ourselves in situations where we're under as little stress as possible. We're even encouraged to do things that will make us laugh, love & have excitement in our everyday lives. It might be that Lance might have decided that the years of fighting charges from France & now the US government has taken too much of a toll on his physical and mental state, and enough is truly enough.
Many people look at this news and figure that he's all but admitting that he did use drugs to give himself an unfair advantage while competing. There have been some whispers that the drugs may be the cause of his testicular cancer. If this is true, then it's too high a price to pay just for trophies and fame that he won't be able to take with him when he leaves this earth.
Whether or not this is the case, he has done one noble thing. He has lent his name and fame to the fight against cancer in all it's forms. I even received a package from the LiveStrong Foundation when my treatments began. The millions of dollars and hours of time put into research because of the contributions of everyday people to this foundation will hopefully result in finding a cure for this disease. It is helping patients and their families with the information we need to fight the good fight.
My hope is that whichever side you take as far as Lance Armstrong's guilt or innocence (and my position is not what you might think!), don't forget that without his contribution to the fight against cancer many families would be worse off than they are today. For that, we owe him our thanks.
Stay vertical, my friends.
It's the Labor Day weekend, and for once I'm having some quiet time to reflect on different stuff that I didn't really pay that much attention to during the week. One of them might seem off-topic for this blog, but there is a tie-in. Trust me.
As some of you probably heard, seven-time Tour of France winner Lance Armstrong announced that after years of accusations of using banned substances to help him recover faster and win this race (among many others) that he would not fight the latest charges by the USADA (United States Anti-Doping Association).
As I've learned over the last few weeks, one thing that all cancer patients are warned against is stress. When we're going through treatments, and even through the recovery period, we're encouraged to make sure to put ourselves in situations where we're under as little stress as possible. We're even encouraged to do things that will make us laugh, love & have excitement in our everyday lives. It might be that Lance might have decided that the years of fighting charges from France & now the US government has taken too much of a toll on his physical and mental state, and enough is truly enough.
Many people look at this news and figure that he's all but admitting that he did use drugs to give himself an unfair advantage while competing. There have been some whispers that the drugs may be the cause of his testicular cancer. If this is true, then it's too high a price to pay just for trophies and fame that he won't be able to take with him when he leaves this earth.
Whether or not this is the case, he has done one noble thing. He has lent his name and fame to the fight against cancer in all it's forms. I even received a package from the LiveStrong Foundation when my treatments began. The millions of dollars and hours of time put into research because of the contributions of everyday people to this foundation will hopefully result in finding a cure for this disease. It is helping patients and their families with the information we need to fight the good fight.
My hope is that whichever side you take as far as Lance Armstrong's guilt or innocence (and my position is not what you might think!), don't forget that without his contribution to the fight against cancer many families would be worse off than they are today. For that, we owe him our thanks.
Stay vertical, my friends.
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