Ulman Douglas
The Lance Armstrong Foundation, Austin, TX 78716, USA.
Urol Oncol. 2008 Mar-Apr;26(2):213-4. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2007.10.006.
Doug Ulman is the President of the Lance Armstrong Foundation and founder of the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. He is a three-time cancer survivor, diagnosed with chondrosarcoma in 1996 and subsequently diagnosed twice with melanoma. I was diagnosed with cancer in the "athletic prime" of my life. The summer I learned I had this terrible disease, I was 19 and my greatest concern was getting into shape for the fall soccer season. Cancer almost robbed me of my ability to run and compete, and for a short time, stole the trust in my own body I had always taken for granted. Ten years out from my diagnosis I am cancer free and am able to push my body in ways I never thought possible. My love of exercise first provided me with a context in which to understand the gravity of my diagnosis. Early in my survivorship, exercise served as a guide down a gradual, and sometimes very painful, path to physical recovery. Now, exercise in some of its most extreme forms-marathons and endurance mountain runs-is the vehicle through which I choose to celebrate my survivorship.
道格·厄尔曼是兰斯·阿姆斯特朗基金会主席及青年成人乌尔曼癌症基金会创始人。他曾三次战胜癌症，1996年被诊断出患有软骨肉瘤，随后又两次被诊断出患有黑色素瘤。我在人生的“运动黄金期”被诊断出患有癌症。得知自己身患重病的那个夏天，我19岁，当时我最担心的是为秋季足球赛季做好体能准备。癌症几乎剥夺了我跑步和参赛的能力，有一阵子，还偷走了我对自己身体一直以来的那份理所当然的信任。确诊十年后，我已无癌，并且能够以我从未想过的方式挑战身体极限。我对运动的热爱首先让我有了一个理解自己病情严重性的背景。在我康复初期，运动是指引我逐步走向身体康复的向导，这一过程有时非常痛苦。现在，一些最极端形式的运动——马拉松和耐力山地跑——成了我用来庆祝自己战胜癌症的方式。
