# @ncrunnerjacky on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B0ocXwnH4Up
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20371536-ncrunnerjacky-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/45d4f8a23d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-08-01T18:46:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jacky Hunt-Broersma (@ncrunnerjacky) — https://gondola.cc/ncrunnerjacky

## Caption

"There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind" - C.S Lewis
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Today is my amputation anniversary and why do I celebrate it? Because I am alive, I kicked cancers butt and I've found this incredible thing called "running", which had I not lost my leg I might not have started doing.  The first photo was taken two months before my amputation. We were on vacation in South Africa visiting family and I had no idea that I had a tumor growing inside my leg. Two months later and I was having surgery to have my leg amputated so I could be cancer free. How totally crazy is that.  It has been a journey filled with  lows but also so many highs.  My kids often ask me if I wish I still had my leg and yes, of course I do, but I have also accepted who I am now and am so incredibly grateful for this journey I'm on.😊
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#transformationthursday #run #runner #cancersurvivor  #womensrunningcommunity #marathoner #Ultrarunner #ultratrail #TeamAltra #runningmotivation #ultratraining #strongwomen #WHStrong #grateful #runnerscommunity

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## Tags

ultratraining, runnerscommunity, womensrunningcommunity, ultrarunner, grateful, runner, ultratrail, marathoner, teamaltra, cancersurvivor, strongwomen, transformationthursday, whstrong, runningmotivation, run

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