The History of ST&BF (or My Story of Why I Am So Passionate About Exercise and Activity for Cancer Patients & Survivors!)

I’m feeling rather nostalgic these days! It started as I was preparing a talk for our January TLC Survivorship Session about SCCCF’s Survive, Thrive & Be FIT program (which evolved into a story of why I am so passionate about exercise and activity for cancer patients & survivors). That story included the beginnings of my personal athletic experience (I ran my first track race in 1976), my cancer experience (I was diagnosed in 1992), an allogeneic bone marrow transplant (1998), starting this work (Dr. Matthews hired me in 2000) and ends with a summary of our current ST&BF activities.

This month our ST&BF Indoor Row Group celebrated the ten-year anniversary of our first rowing session! In February our ST&BF Gentle Yoga for Cancer Survivors will celebrate the 15-year anniversary of of our first yoga session and our ST&BF Energizing Flex & Flow (our newest activity) will celebrate it’s one-year anniversary! I invite you to work out with us and celebrate these milestones!

NOTE: For anyone interested, I am including a link to the fore-mentioned talk (which was recorded for some of our regulars who weren’t able to attend due to the cold temperatures). I have also included time-indexed topics for your convenience.

INDEX:

00:00 to 02:00 - Opening

02:00 to 03:50 - Introduction

03:50 to 12:30 - The Athletic Experience (pre-cancer)

12:30 to 21:10 - The Cancer Experience (dx’d 5/11/92)

21:10 to 23:55 - First Remission

23:55 to 24:40 - Recurrences

24:40 to 36:25 - Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant (aka, the Tim & Terry MARROW-thon!)

36:25 to 38:45 - The Merging of My Cancer Experience and My Athletic Experience (after being hired for this position by Dr. Matthews, March 2000)

38:45 to 48:10 - ST&BF Emerges & Evolves Over Time

48:10 to 56:50 - Current Activities of SCCCF’s Survive, Thrive & Be Fit!

56:50 to 60:00 - Local Cancer Community Update

“In my case, exercise did not prevent me from getting cancer, but it sure as heck helped me in the treatment of my cancer.” - Tim Renzelmann

CLICK HERE for link to video!