Author Archives: Steve

A Bit of Thanks

By Steve | Published: November 23, 2016
While I am abundantly thankful for family, friends, love, my life, my health, gainful employment, health insurance, people, dogs, cats, freedom, peace, and an infinite list of other things… I think I am most thankful for the fact that I am thankful. I’m thankful that I generally find that glass ¾ of the way full [...]
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2016 Philly Marathon and Half Marathon Weekend

By Steve | Published: November 20, 2016
Congrats to all marathon, half marathon, and 8k finishers in Philly this year. I can speak from personal experience the conditions for Saturday’s 13.1 were beautiful. I had a great run with my buddy Derek as we took in the sights and sounds of Philly and crossed the finish line with a robust “high-5”! It [...]
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Big Climb Philly 2017 Registration OPEN

By Steve | Published: November 17, 2016
One of the best events I did in 2016 was the Big Climb Philly that took us up 43 floors of the Comcast Building to a breathtaking view of the Philly skyline. I will absolutely be back in 2017! Register Today for Big Climb Philly MAY 13, 2017 ONE COMMERCE SQUARE 2005 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103 CLICK HERE TO [...]
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Philly Marathon Set to Kick Off

By Steve | Published: November 17, 2016
Race Weekend Schedule Don’t miss a thing! The Philadelphia Marathon Race Weekend is full of events for the whole family. Friday, November 18 Health & Fitness Expo Noon – 9 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Hall F 12th & Arch Streets Saturday, November 19 Half Marathon 7:25 a.m. – Wheelchairs and Handcycles 7:30 a.m. – Runners 22nd & Benjamin Franklin Parkway Rothman Institute 8K 10:40 a.m. – Wheelchairs and [...]
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Welcome Fusion Fitness Studio

By Steve | Published: November 8, 2016
I’m looking forward to teaming up with Fernando Paredes of Fusion Fitness. Fernando and I have been running in the same circle and speaking at some of the same events in recent years and I fully subscribe to his functional strength principles. He brings an incredible amount of knowledge and insight to the table and [...]
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Which Way is Life Podcast Interview

By Steve | Published: November 7, 2016
Back in September I did an interview for the RadioMD podcast “Which Way is Life?”. You can check it out here. Realize though that when we did this in September I was still undergoing treatment. As we all now know; I am FREE and CLEAR of disease and treatments are all DONE. Which Way is Life Which [...]
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2016 NYC 26.2 and Grassroot Soccer (and Shep)

By Steve | Published: November 2, 2016
So, here’s the thing… For the past 7 years I have raced the NYC marathon with my good buddy Ethan Zohn in support of his charity Grassroot Soccer. A mutual friend introduced Ethan and I in 2009 knowing that we each shared a blood cancer diagnosis and we were both former soccer goalkeepers. What makes this [...]
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Who Knew

By Steve | Published: October 28, 2016
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a very slow moving disease. So much so that people can be diagnosed in the very early stages but not need treatment for years. When I was diagnosed 10 years ago the disease could have been progressing for years prior to detection. One of the first questions that my doctor asked [...]
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Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation Patient Conference

By Steve | Published: October 25, 2016
On Sunday October 30th I will be speaking at a patient conference held by the Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation and hosted by Columbia University. My presentation on Sunday is entitled “Living Above Chronic Cancer” and will focus on some keys and critical choices that I’ve made in ten years of living with chronic lymphocytic leukemia [...]
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I’m All DONE

By Steve | Published: October 24, 2016
I am extremely happy to say that I am all finished with my chemo treatments!!! I had my check up this morning and the decision to stop was a pretty easy one. My labs all came back normal and my lymph nodes have all returned to normal size. There is no reason to continue. I [...]
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