Third Ride’s a Charm

Thanks to Amy, I was able to email Gina with my piece of writing about why I’ve registered for the Ft. Worth, TX Tour de Cure and how diabetes has affected me. (Affected me, HAH! It almost killed me 3 weeks ago.)

This is what I’ve officially put on my Ft. Worth Tour de Cure Personal Page:

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For 15 years, I’ve battled a disease that has controlled and changed my life. This disease took everything I was away from me. It ripped away my childhood and the athlete in me away with it. I went from being a little girl who was constantly outside biking, rollarblading, swimming, and running around to being limited in what activities I could participate in. This disease changed me into a spectator when all my life I had been a participant. That disease is diabetes, and every 2 minutes another American dies from diabetes related complications. In that same 2 minutes, 6 more Americans are diagnosed with diabetes.

For 15 years, I’ve done nothing to stop this disease from hindering me. Well, I refuse to be limited by diabetes any longer. This year, I decided to do something to battle diabetes. I’m fighting back by taking part in Tour de Cure bike rides around the country. The Tour de Cure is not simply a pleasure ride, it’s a ride which will raise money to help find a cure for a horrible disease. A horrible disease that currently 20.8 million American children and adults are battling.

The Ft. Worth Tour de Cure is my third Tour de Cure this year, as well as third in my personal goal to ride in a Tour de Cure in every state. Although my personal goals are secondary to the primary reason I ride - for the cure to diabetes - I consider them an important part of fighting this awful disease. I ride for myself, for my family members with diabetes, for all my friends with diabetes, for those with diabetes that I don’t know, and for those that will be saved from the torment of diabetes when a cure is found. And I will continue to ride until that cure is found, whether it be before I’ve ridden in all 50 states or long afterwards.

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Thanks Amy! I couldn’t have done it without you :)

Posted in: Ft Worth TX 2007 Tour de Cure | | Sep 26, 07

One Response to “Third Ride’s a Charm”

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