It’s amazing what can change in a year. This time last year I was undergoing radiation, planning for a surgery I never expected, and trying to figure out what life would look like moving forward.  We signed up for the 2024 Strikeout for Sarcoma 5k and I set a goal to walk across the finish line without help of any kind. Pretty big goal knowing it was only about 5 weeks after surgery. 

Well, I completed the goal. I walked the majority of the 5k with a walker, but finished on my own. No help. No assistance. 

Now, here we are again signing up for the 5k with the goal of finishing the walk, but also with the goal of once again having the highest team participation and raising money for an incredible group of doctors, nurses, pathologists, scientists, researchers, patient care advocates, and other cancer care professionals. 

Let’s remind the Strikeout for Sarcoma team, and the wider Duke Sarcoma Center, that Sarcoma Sluggers show up in numbers, set goals for the race, and achieve them.