Stand Up To Cancer

Margaret Moth

Moth was a CNN camerawoman who sought out assignments in conflict zones, including Sarajevo in the early nineties; this article remembers her for her "gutsiness, striking appearance, distinctive humor and sense of fun." She passed away last weekend at the age of 59 from colorectal cancer. In an interview last spring, Moth told a documentary crew, "The important thing is to know that you've lived your life to the fullest. I don't know anyone who's enjoyed life more."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/21/margaret.moth.obit/index.html?hpt=C1

Lance Mackey

On March 10, Mackey, a survivor of throat cancer, won his second Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race (his first victory was in 2007). He won $69,000 and a new truck. "I'm not much to brag very often, but damn, I'm going to this time," he said. "I don't know exactly how to explain it. I'm just blessed with an incredible dog team." Mackey was congratulated by Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, who told him, "You're a hero, and truly an inspiration to all of us."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/03/12/iditarod.winner/

Norman Surplus

Surplus, 47, beat cancer five years ago, and is now intent on breaking the world record for flying around the world in a lightweight aircraft called a gyrocopter - all to raise money for cancer research. In this article, he shares his story: "Before I got cancer I had never done anything like this," he said. "And then when I was recovering after surgery and chemotherapy at the Belfast Cancer Centre, I saw this program about someone restoring an autogyro on one of those daytime television shows . . . Part of this is to raise funds and awareness for cancer charities but hopefully it will also encourage people who are in the position today that I was in."
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/uk-ireland/article14734595.ece

Jack Musgrave

After facing colorectal cancer, Musgrove, whose mother passed away from the disease in her late sixties, learned the importance of being his own advocate when it came to preventive care and treatment: a five-year wait between colonoscopies, recommended to him by a doctor, allowed his cancer to take root and grow unchecked. Now he hopes to share his message with others in the same position. "If it's detected early, it's curable, treatable and beatable," he said. "As good as the medical treatment is we get in this country, you have to be an advocate for yourself."
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/lifestyle/stories.nsf/healthfitness/story/FE3996BA74F1AEDA862576E90070E3C1?OpenDocument

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