This Sunday during team WOD we will be having a little fundraiser for a close friend and member of CFGB. Here is a little write up from Todd Rocheleau about his mom. Let’s fill the gym up this Sunday and if you got a few extra bucks it would go a long way. Sunday at noon.
 
April 2014 is when my mother, Cindy Rocheleau,(61) life changed for the worse.  She was diagnosed with stage 4 terminal brain cancer.  She noticed some blurriness in her left eye and then started to lose site.  This is what triggered her to see a doctor.
They found a huge tumor on her front lope of her brain.  After 3 major surgeries and a couple other surgeries to remove more tumors in lymph nodes in her neck.  The prognosis was not good.  I sat in numerous appointments with the doctors and specialists telling us that my mother only had 4-6 months to live.  Nearly 2 years later, my mother is fighting harder then I ever seen anyone fight.  (a side note,….. every time I am struggling in a WOD, I think about what my mom has gone through and what I’m doing is small fraction of what she has endured and push harder).  She has been through numerous radiation treatments targeting the brain area and currently going through more on her neck where the cancer has spread.  As of two weeks ago, we found out that that cancer has spread to her liver.  This is not good and very devastating to her and the family.  There are no more surgeries, just treatments, which she will start Chemotherapy in the very near future.
For any of you that has gone through this with family or friends, you can attest that this is a very trying and an emotional time.  I know my mom will continue to fight but the pain is starting to take over.  We always talk about quality of life and it’s very difficult seeing her in pain.
 As you can imagine, the medical bills are adding up and with insurance only covering a portion of the bills, she is struggling with keeping up.  Now I keep telling her to focus on your health and don’t worry about the financials but my mother being as stubborn as a mule, is getting more and more stressed.
This is why I would like to coordinate a benefit WOD with help from my friend Grant and the CFGB team to look for any donation you might have and come sweat with us and fight with my mom.
This means the world to me and would mean even more to my mother.
 Thank you so much and god bless you all.
 Todd Rocheleau