An honor I'm humbled and honored to receive

To all my BC friends and sisters: Just got work yesterday that I was chosen by my local chapter of the American Heart Association to be this year's recipient of their annual "Lifestyle Achievement Award." This award is given to a heart-attack/heart illness survivor who highly exemplified excellent "lifestyle changes" and turnaround, to also inspire others. I was honored and cried, humbled at the honor, which I'll receive at the AHA Heart Walk I'll be participating in this Saturday. The next day marks my five-year anniversary of surviving a near-fatal heart attack on 05/08/2008. Now, 5 years later, I removed BC from my body on 04/25/2013 with a BMX. Thanks to WW and high levels of activity, have removed 90 lbs. since 1/12/2012. I told the AHA if I can save just ONE life, enable just ONE person to learn and act to enable a quicker DX and survival, then the honor will prove worthwhile. I also want to state that (in my heart) all my BC sisters will be there with me -- and I will accept this for all of you -- when they put the medal around my neck, because we are really ALL "lifeestyle achievement award winners" -- in every sense of the term!

BTW, this will be my 5th yearly AHA Heart Walk I've done, and I will be doing the 3 mile route with my SIL -- which I vowed to do even with my DX of BC in March!