People have asked me why I'm doing this ocean swim, when it's obvious I struggle with it and find it so hard. I've given many answers to this question, but at the work end-of-year drinks which I catered for in exchange for sponsorship, I told one of my colleagues that in some weird way, I was doing the ocean swim through Can Too because I felt that going through this hardship would somehow protect the people I loved the most from getting cancer. I know it sounds really silly, crazy really, so I don't tend to give that answer that often. But I know in my heart that I truly believe in some weird way that this would work.
Well, it doesn't work.
Today I found out that a good friend has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will lose her breast in a couple of weeks. The prognosis is good, they got it early, but you know what? It sucks, it's shit, and it's just not fair.
So yeah, my doing the ocean swim isn't going to magically protect the people I love from this damned disease, but doing the swim and raising funds for cancer research will. And it will help protect the people you love, so please help me support Can Too and Cure Cancer Australia. And God damn it, I'm going to do this bloody ocean swim!!!
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