What a beautiful ride By Johanna D’Addario This week I have been reflecting on the loss of a beautiful soul. Aimee Reed was my age, full of life, and seemed to always have a smile on her face. Although I didn’t know her, she was well known to the TBBCF family and the chemotherapy nurses […]
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She lived life as she wanted and refused to let cancer slow her down By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB The thing about Aimee Reed, the thing that everyone says about her, is that she never gave up – ever. And, oh, that smile. “Her mantra was keep climbing, keep swimming, keep smiling, keep going,” said Sandy Maniscalco,
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Community remembers Pawcatuck athlete who fought breast cancer Published August 30. 2018 8:45PM | Updated August 30. 2018 11:10PM By Benjamin Kail Day staff writer [email protected] BenKail Stonington — On the last leg of a half-Ironman triathlon last year, an ambulance drove by and checked on Aimee Reed. According to fellow triathlete Terry Hiltz, Reed told the ambulance crew to
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Aimee Reed is taking a few weeks off from writing a post to her blog. Thanks for reading Aimee’s blog. You can read her early ones here.
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“Thoughts While Walking the TBBCF 26.2 Mile Marathon” The first thing that crossed my mind was how just a year ago I made this a goal of walking the full marathon not even knowing if I was going to be alive, or if I would physically be able to walk. I never had to worry
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PINKtober October is quickly upon us, and soon everything will be decorated in the color pink. You will see towns across America transform into a frenzy of pink flags, pink storefronts and many people sporting their favorite sports attire in pink. Before you dress your youth soccer player head to toe in pink or before
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Open Letter to Norma Logan (1958-2006), co-founder of the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Dear Norma, You are a SUPER HERO. I continue to learn new things about you everyday; you lived life passionately, worked diligently in the pharmaceutical industry, you were an artist, friend, loving wife, and leader before your time. Sadly you were
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Happy Birthday! As my 34th birthday approaches this Friday, September 22, I stop and think about how “birthdays” have changed for me. In literal terms, I have survived another revolution around the sun. It doesn’t matter how I measure a year in my life, as long as I have lived life to its fullest ability.
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Carpe Diem! ***This post is a bit longer than most, however I wanted to convey the importance of what happened this weekend. So far the 2017 triathlon season has left me waiting until the week before a race to decide if my body is really up for the challenge. I would either register days before
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TRI-ing Looking back on the last visit with Dr. Silber, my oncologist at Yale New Haven Smilow Cancer Hospital, about a month ago, it was discussed between her and I that we both felt that the tumor on my chest had grown. This has been weighing on my mind heavily throughout the month. On Wednesday
