“I lost a couple of weeks where I couldn’t run or train at all,” she said. A few days later, they had to go in and clean it up more to make sure they got clear margins, and it was gone.”ĭuring the past eight weeks of her training for her second half marathon, Seabolt had two surgeries and chemo. The pathology on the scar tissue came back, and it was cancer. They thought they were cleaning up scar tissue. I’ll be healthy forever after that.’ And then about a year later. “I went through a bunch of stuff, and I said ‘no big deal. “I had to have my ovaries out also as a part of this bad gene,” she said. As a result, cells are more likely to develop additional genetic alterations that can lead to cancer. When either of these genes is mutated or altered, such that its protein product either is not made or does not function correctly, DNA damage may not be repaired properly. The BRCA1 and 2 genes produce tumor suppressor proteins, which repair damaged DNA and play a key role in ensuring stability of the cell’s genetic material. ![]() She had the BRCA 1 gene, considered the bad gene, she said. Once that settled, I thought I’m healthy and fit and I’d do whatever I needed to do to be done.” I was probably more numb than anything else. “I would say my mind shut down when I heard the word ‘cancer.’ Like in the old days in dialing a radio and it turns to static - that’s what it was like. Choosing to do the half marathon in 2013 was like this big gesture towards cancer. “With each surgery I had just started running with my son (Jacob), and every time I’d have a surgery or treatment or something, all I could do was I couldn’t wait to get back to running with him. “I was told ‘you’d never have to worry about cancer again,’” she said. I just want to run it.”Īfter her first diagnosis, Seabolt had a complete mastectomy and reconstruction. This year I want to run it because I don’t want it to have anything to do with cancer. “I felt something didn’t feel right,” she said. After treatment and therapy, she was told she’d never have to worry about the dreaded disease - only to be diagnosed again in August 2013 just before she was scheduled to run in the Free Press half marathon. Seabolt, 47, of Northville was diagnosed in March 2012. “I hadn’t been running long, but running was a key part of what got me through the surgeries and the treatments. “The first time I signed up to run was my ‘I Beat Cancer Celebration Challenge,’” she said. Janis Seabolt will be running in a Detroit Free Press/Talmer Bank Marathon event for the third time next weekend.īut it’s the first time she’ll be running without worrying about cancer.
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