The photo at left is of my wife Leslie at her 5-year checkup this past April with her oncologist, Dr. Winer.  We were thrilled and relieved to be told that everything “looked good”, especially since 5 years is an important milestone for breast cancer survivors. 

The other big milestone this year was our 20^th wedding anniversary in June, which we celebrated with a trip to NYC (where we began married life back in 1990).  I can’t help but tie the two milestones together, in that the last five years have included some of the very best times we’ve enjoyed both as a couple and as a family -- and it’s all been possible thanks to the extraordinary medical care we’ve received at Dana Farber (and Brigham & Women’s). 

So this is why I’m signed up to ride to Provincetown once again this August: to give thanks for the past five years, and to give thanks to the folks at Dana Farber give their all every day to fight this disease.  Some of you may be aware that I was not able to ride the last two PMCs due to medical issues of my own (four rounds of colorectal surgery), but I was able to start training again in early May, and am hopeful that things will stay well enough for me to make it to P’town in one piece!

Thank you for your support!