Gordon Sarah
The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults, Ellicott City, MD 21042, USA.
Urol Oncol. 2008 Mar-Apr;26(2):215-6. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2007.10.008.
Sarah Gordon is the Endurance Program Manager at the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. She founded Run for the Rare, an annual 5 k race held in Chicago, and the Run.Tri Together program of the Ulman Cancer Fund. She is a 4-year young adult cancer survivor, diagnosed with malignant fibrous histiocytoma. As a young adult cancer survivor, the phase "mind over matter" has taken on a whole new meaning for me. In January of 2003, I was diagnosed with a rare sarcoma, and learned soon after that second opinions, hope, and optimism are intangibles on which you cannot put a price tag. Since my diagnosis, I have put my heart and soul into rehabilitation. Initially, the fear of never being able to run again made me determined to make my right leg perform as it did prior to surgery. Today, after training for and completing a marathon, 3 half-marathons, and 2 triathlons, I am able to accept the fact that my leg will never be the same at it was before cancer, neither will I, and this is alright.
莎拉·戈登是乌尔曼城青年癌症基金会耐力项目的负责人。她创办了“为罕见病奔跑”活动，这是一项每年在芝加哥举办的5公里赛跑，也是乌尔曼城青年癌症基金会的“一起跑·三项全能”项目。她是一名年轻的癌症幸存者，患恶性纤维组织细胞瘤已四年。作为一名年轻的癌症幸存者，“精神战胜物质”这句话对我来说有了全新的意义。2003年1月，我被诊断出患有一种罕见的肉瘤，不久后我就明白，二次诊断、希望和乐观是无法用金钱衡量的无形之物。自从确诊以来，我全身心投入到康复中。最初，对再也无法跑步的恐惧让我下定决心让右腿恢复到手术前的状态。如今，在训练并完成了一场马拉松、三场半程马拉松和两场铁人三项赛后，我能够接受这样一个事实：我的腿再也不会和患癌前一样了，我也不会，但这没关系。
