Attend a breast cancer walk with Mom

A coworker sent out an informal invitation to this year’s walk, October 30. We should be able to attend, as Mom’s not traveling and we had to reschedule our vacation.

The only problem is my ankle.

It’s still giving me fits; in fact, I’m starting to wonder if I shouldn’t go see a doctor. (I went to the minor med after my accident; they didn’t even x-ray it.) And as we’re going to DC a couple of weeks after the walk, I’m reluctant to risk making it any worse.

On the other hand, maybe walking would help strengthen it. And it would mean a lot to Mom – to both of us – to participate in this walk.

Not to mention that I’ve almost completely lost all ground I gained working out last year. The one thing I have going for me is that, thanks to my ankle, my bum knee is no longer bothering me. (I can’t baby it anymore.) A 3-mile walk would do me good.

I guess I should start researching…and if it looks like I require further medical attention, go to the doctor.

_{Does anyone else come to such realizations by writing entries? Or am I the only one who thinks best while typing?}

The walk’s this Saturday. Mom’s driving back from GA tomorrow, and then we’re heading out to IL to see the fam.

Next year, I guess…

October 10. Now to make sure Mom can go!

but needed to make room for this goal.

Next May will be the 40th anniversary of my grandmother’s death from breast cancer. We have both lived with the threat of breast cancer all our adult lives, both because of the family history and because we have fibrocystic breast disease – I found my first lump at 19, and Mom wasn’t much older when she found hers.

I think it’d mean a lot to Mom to participate in a breast cancer walk – next year in particular. And it’d mean a lot to me, both to spend time with her and to honor the grandmother I never met, but wish I had. I did a search, but don’t see any info on a walk in this area just yet. So I’m putting this goal here to remind me to keep looking.