ESPN has a companion website called EspnW, geared toward women athletes and sports, and on that site has a video series called "Journeys and Victories," which highlights inspiring women athletes.
Last week, they featured a woman named Maureen McGowan. She's a Hodgkin's Lymphoma survivor who joined Team in Training (a fundraising arm of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society), who helped her train for a triathlon. Very nice video.
But there's a personal connection to this story: two months after Maureen finished treatment, her brother Don was diahnosed with NHL. Don't wife Tess is a member of my online support group (as a caretaker, not a patient). Tess is the one who alerted us about the ESPN video.
Below the video, you'll see an interview with Don, who talks about how inspiring his sister is.
It's always nice to see someone who fought and won, and even nicer when there's a more personal connection, even a remote one.
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