Mike's Strides for Hope
Marathon Challenge

Strides for Hope Marathon Team

Mike's Cancer Struggle

1. At the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, getting a second opinion on my lung cancer case. 2. My first chemotherapy infusion at Diablo Valley Oncology, with my wife Linda by my side. 3. Getting a blood transfusion at the John Muir Medical Center. 4. Entering the "donut" during one of my PET scans at John Muir. 5. Playing in the backyard with my son Griffin. 6. With Linda, minutes before going in for lung surgery at the UCSF Medical Center. 7. In my hospital room recovering from surgery. 8. The "shark bite" on my back where surgeons went in to remove the upper-right lobe of my lung. 9. After one of the Strides for Hope training runs, with my running buddy Kim. Her husband and I have been recovering from cancer together. (View photos from the marathon!)