Season of RAD
HI, I am Emma.
I started fundraising for Barbells for Boobs in Sept 2019 after my unilateral mastectomy. I then became very active as a RAD athlete in March 2020 during the COVID shutdowns, working out daily with the group.
I was diagnosed in December 2018 with DCIS after having a lumpectomy for a 5 cm mass that my biopsy showed as non-cancerous. Shocker the pathology after the lumpectomy showed otherwise.
RAD simply started as a place to workout during a shutdown.
The community rapidly became more than that, we became friends and some became family. The RAD participants and the BFB coaches and staff have become so important in my life, they brighten my day, they can pull me from a funk with simple unconditional love and support.
Meeting some in person brought tears and hugs that warm the soul.
I am not sure I would be able to show the strength that I do now (not just physically, but emotionally) without this AMAZING group of people. I am eternally grateful for cancer bringing these wonderful people into my and my family’s lives.
