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Pat Garcia
Mexico
I'm an ESL teacher, a translator,an artist and a lover of peace, life and beauty. I have been fighting and living with different chronic illnesses since 1999 when I was diagnosed with a pituitary tumor. Words like Cushing's, hypothyroidism then Hashimoto's, metabolic syndrome and recently generalized postictal epilepsy ,pineal calcification and cortical atrophy have been very real to me.......I have won many battles and have lost a few but I do plan to finish the marathon of life in triumph I expect to reach the finish line,already traced for me by God's finger. Philippians 3:13-14 Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
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I drew this after receiving the adenoma diagnosis in 1999

Psalm 19

Psalm 19
Pat Garcia receiving the sunrise. Photo: Victor Alonso Martinez Garcia

The journey.....................................


marathon of life: How did all this begin?

Dioko in greek means to follow or press hard after, to pursue with earnestness and diligence in order to obtain, to go after with the desire of obtaining.

marathon of life: Surviving a brain tumor

As we face many storms faith is like an anchor that keeps us from drifting and casting away in order to continue our journey, sometimes facing frightening waves, sometimes on dry desert land or cold inhospitable weather .

Marathon of life: Finding out about Epylepsy

At least I knew what was attacking my body I knew what was happening yet it was so painful. Thyrotoxic episodes were exacerbating seizures.

In patients with established epilepsy (including generalized epilepsy syndromes), seizures and paroxysmal EEG abnormalities can be exacerbated by hyperthyroidism In other patients, focal or generalized seizures occur only during thyrotoxic episodes. Seizure exacerbations usually remit when patients become euthyroid with treatment.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Winners at Half Coast Marathon in La Paz 2008

Well.... I couldn't compete but I was there!

Words from Isaack Kimayo, Alenol Reto and Festus Kioko Kikimu from Kenya.

FIRST PLACE
WHEELCHAIR CATEGORY MR. JESSIE HILL SALGADO.
CONGRATULATIONS!










MR. HILL JESSIE HILL SALGADO TOOK TIME TO POSE FOR MARATHON OF LIFE AND NOWPUBLIC AND SPOKE A FEW WORDS " DISABILITY CAN BE PHYSICAL BUT IF WE CAN KEEP A HEALTHY AND SOUND MIND WE CAN DO THOUSANDS OF THINGS ! LIFE CONTINUES, DON'T HIDE COME OUT TO LIGHT!






FIRST WOMAN TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE.






AFTER A GREAT EFFORT SHE PROCEEDS TO HYDRATE HERSELF
KENYAN ATHLETE'S FACE SHOWS THE EFFORT OF ENDURANCE FOR A GREAT VICTORY
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The joy of finishing the marathon even if it's in the last position! A joyful example!

Luis Motte Sanchez finished the marathon running with a leg protesis,after losing his leg due to diabetes. When I asked him what was the force behind his victory.... he answered something quite simple yet so powerful. Love. The love of my wife, children and grandchildren!

marathon of life: International Coast Marathon in La Paz, Mexico May 3rd 2008
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