Daniel Zeidman

About 5 years ago, my 34 year old wife and best friend was struck with breast cancer.  With no family history or known risk factors she and I were shell shocked.  After hearing the words one wishes never to hear, those of a breast cancer diagnosis, while facing the unimaginable, it was the women of Sharsheret who helped my wife.  Especially during those most difficult early days, they embraced her and opened up to her, giving her the strength and courage to make the most difficult and life altering decisions.

As my wife was nearing the end of her own chemotherapy treatment, she began to speak to, and help other young women who had just been diagnosed, adding another link to the chain.  Although it is my hope and prayer that no woman (or man for that matter) should ever receive news of a cancer diagnosis, I was happy that my wife was healthy and strong enough to give to other women the same type of support and wisdom that she had been given.

I realize that until the cure is found and breast and ovarian cancers are obliterated, all we can do is support each other through the difficult journey.  Sharsheret is a way for young women to link together giving strength, courage and support when it is needed most after such a diagnosis.  As a man, the least I can do is run in support of Sharsheret so that these brave women can continue to benefit from the strength, love and guidance which they gain from the bonds of their shared experiences. 

Unfortunately, breast and ovarian cancers are extremely widespread among women today. 

So, please, link up with me to honor your wives, mothers, sisters or friends by sponsoring me as I run on my own 26.2 mile journey through the streets of New York in the ING New York City Marathon on behalf of Sharsheret.