HEADLINE: Old gray haired, red faced broad with small dog found on
side of track passed out!

Yet I bet some of you might think this was true of me today- my first
official day of training! But although I chose the heat of the day 2pm
to walk on a day that was in the 70's and took my dachshund with me…I
officially clocked three miles today in one hour! My goal was 5 miles
today but I feel I was being overly zealous. That headline would have
been true if I had tried that!

Now some of you may scoff at that, only three miles! … but this old
broad has been fairly sedentary over the last few years and had breast
cancer surgery only four and a half months ago! So, cut me some slack!
I went to my surgeon's office yesterday and he said I could have the
summer off from seeing him. But, unfortunately when I went to St Louis
to my son's wedding, I tugged around my heavy suitcase too much and
seemed to have torn the subcutaneous fascia in my abdomen
(Subcutaneous fascia is a continuous layer of connective tissue over
the entire body between the skin and specialized structures such as
the muscles. It comprises an outer normally fatty layer and inner thin
elastic layer. Between the two layers lie blood vessels, nerves and
the lymphatic system.). So a bulge on the left side of my open area of
the incision seems to be with me till I have it fixed surgically. So,
it means when I have the scar revision surgery in November (I
postponed it till after the 3 day walk), I will also have to have some
internal abdominal surgery as well. But, guess what- I don't have cancer!

Ever time I want to complain about something, I remind myself of that!
So, although at the speed I walked today it would take me with the
breaks probably 8 hours of walking each day of the three day, I still
feel pumped and ready to keep working hard to be ready for the October
walk and ready to ask for money in the fight for a cure for breast cancer.

Many of you already gave me a donation and for that I am immensely
grateful! I have more than reached my goal. For those who have been
thinking about it, I ask that you take a moment and consider just the
women and families you personally know who have been affected by
breast cancer. If you just donated $1 for every woman, every husband
affected, every child affected by their mom's disease, every
grandchild affected… you get my point. We need to find a cure!

So the reason for this update- is I have a team who still needs help
although I have more than reached my goal. Some of them are poor
college students- who although can walk circles around me- may not
have the friends with expendable income that I have! And some are just
beginning to raise their money. My goal was to get four corporate
sponsors and to have my money raised by April 1st. I reached my goal.
I thank those of you who gave in order for me to do so. Those of you
who want to join in the fun- please visit our team page at
http://08.the3day.org/goto/lolwomen and pick someone to give to!

If you gave just a $1 per mile you could make your donation in divided
payments over three months. That is $20 a month- what you spend on
dinner out at a fairly inexpensive restaurant, over three months it is
$60! And you could count yourself as a person who made a difference!
But if you want to raise $2200 and join our team- please consider
that! If you want to give a larger donation and become one of our
corporate sponsors- name on the t-shirt each day that we walk and all-
send a donation of $250 or more and you can be "worn" for the media
and the tens of thousands of other walkers to notice!

This is probably the last update I will send until after the three day
walk. I know you will all want to know how I did! So, thanks for your
giving hearts- your generosity for my cause has been wonderful. Take
care and let's find a cure!

Teresa- surviving one day at a time!