40 years ago today Terry Fox, a 21 year old Canadian who lost a leg to cancer, began an east to west cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. He ran the equivalent of a full marathon every day and made it to 145 days and 5,373km before he was forced to stop and he lost his battle with cancer.

  • SpaceBar@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My daughter had osteosarcoma at 8 years old - the same cancer as Terry, same leg.

    She’s 6 years cancer free now. Advances in medicine are amazing.

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      1 year ago

      So glad your daughter came through this and congratulations on her cancer free status. Hopefully there will be a cure for this dreadful disease sooner rather than later.