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[caption id="attachment_1730" align="alignleft" width="300"] Teri Griege[/caption] In 2009, shortly after completing her first Ironman Triathalon, Teri Griege was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. She was 48 years old. During our conversation we discussed: - How her diagnosis saved the lives of her two older sisters.
- Her setting a goal to complete a half Ironman one year after her diagnosis and how she trained for this during her cancer treatments.
- Completing six major marathons around the world.
- Her book, Powered by Hope and the non-profit she created by the same name.
- Her advocacy work with Pedal the Cause, the Colorectal Cancer Alliance and Fight CRC.
Links Mentioned In The Show Teri's website - http://terigriege.com/ Powered by Hope - https://www.poweredbyhope.org/ Pedal the Cause - https://www.pedalthecause.org/ Colorectal Cancer Alliance - https://www.ccalliance.org/ Fight CRC - https://fightcolorectalcancer.org/ Call On Congress - https://fightcolorectalcancer.org/events/save-the-date-call-on-congress-2019/ Colon Cancer Coalition - https://coloncancercoalition.org/ Teri's Story [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VFar8mSujU] Connect With Teri Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teri.griege Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeriGriege https://twitter.com/PoweredByHope Instagram: https://instagram.com/poweredbyhope WE Have Cancer Links Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-colon-cancer-podcast/id970806995?mt=2 Google Podcasts - https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93ZWhhdmVjYW5jZXJzaG93LmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/798gZB3qGwUnpwopVV2Bxh?si=PIzyypykRauLKckji9LXsQ Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=61770&refid=stpr Follow WE Have Cancer on Social Media Like our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/wehavecancershow/ Join our private Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/wehavecancershow/ Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/wehavecancerpod Follow us on Instagram - https://instagram.com/wehavecancerpod Follow us on LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/company/wehavecancer Know someone touched by cancer who has an inspiring story? Nominate a guest to appear on the podcast - https://wehavecancershow.com/guest |