Help Cynthia raise money

Dear friends and family,

Once again, I am training to run in Ottawa Race Weekend and working to raise funds for cancer research.  As most of you know, in 2016 I was treated for aggressive endometrial cancer at The Ottawa Hospital.  Fortunately, I have enjoyed good health since then, thanks to the treatment I received. I run with inspiring company, Team MEMC Crew (Make Every Moment Count)

We are a group of walkers and runners raising awareness of pancreatic cancer, inspiring hope for survivors, and raising money for pancreatic cancer (PC) research at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH). 

We are supporting our captain, Sindy Hooper, now living with metastatic stage IV pancreatic cancer. She was diagnosed with PC (adenocarcinoma) Jan 2, 2013 and extremely fortunate to be a candidate for the potentially curative Whipple surgery. She had the 10 hour surgery, and then 18 rounds of in hospital IV chemotherapy (Gemcitabine) and 28 days radiation with oral chemo. She defied the odds and had 9 1/2 years of cancer free living before the first metastasis to her left lung in August 2021. She had surgery to remove that met + 3 rounds of chemotherapy. Unfortunately, a year later September 2022, she had more mets; to her left lung pleura, t5 spine and a rib. No longer a candidate for surgery and now in stage IV, back on chemotherapy, Sindy was told she (realistically) had 1 year to live. September 2023 she reached that one year survival mark but the cancer in her pleura began to spread. A new chemotherapy was started, a PleurX catheter inserted into her left lung, and an updated prognosis of 6 months is what she's now living with. 

Sindy lives each day with gratitude and does her best to make every moment count. She's giving back, encouraging others to be active, inspiring hope for other PC survivors, raising awareness and generating more funding for cancer research ...... being part of a movement that will ultimately help find a cure or (at the very least) effective treatments for pancreatic cancer. 

We are asking for your help to take a moment and give from your heart to help find better treatments for pancreatic cancer (which would also extend to other cancers), to give people hope of surviving this devastating cancer. Every dollar that you give ensures that researchers at The Ottawa Hospital can continue working to improve outcomes for cancer patients.

Make every moment count!

Cindy