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I climbed Mt Kosciuszko
Tilly45
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Thanks to the OTIS Foundation, I have been staying in Thredbo with my beautiful family for a much needed break together. I have been in so much discomfort in all of my joints, including hips and especially knees and lower back. I was diagnosed 9 mths ago & have stage 4 bc, it has spread across my entire liver. I thought our trip here would involve me resting and strolling along that flat areas near the village. However, I started the path up Mt Kosciuszko and I just kept going! I talked my family into leaving me as I didn’t want to hold them up. You should have seen their faces when They stumbled across me 25 min. from the summit. I am so proud of myself, I kept breaking the climb into small goals and enjoyed the walk as much as possible. I didn’t focus on the end, just the journey and breathtaking scenery around me. I hope I am an encouragement to others, don’t write yourself off just because you have been diagnosed with cancer. We can still do so much, just enjoy now, don’t focus on the end point so much. xox
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Hi @Tilly45,
Well done You, you certainly are an inspiration, its amazing where we can find the strength from but we do, congratulations, so very pleased to hear about your break with your family, the Otis foundation are wonderful, and the people who provide their homes for us to stay in are unsung heroes,we never really know who they are, but I know I am very grateful for their generous gift of a place to go and refocus and regroup. Like you I have stage 4, metastases in my liver and my spine, I think that when you say you broke the walk up into small goals and enjoyed the scenery, that is what we all have to try and do when we can, just break our goals into small achievable chunks, bit by bit, and we will get there,
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Tilly you are a deadset legend! Well done. Bloody marvellous! All the very very best. K xox2
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Thank you Wendy & kmakm.
I forgot to tell you about my recovery, hilarious. I’m walking around like robot.
Wendy, you are so right when you mention breaking our day-to-day living up on to small tasks. It can be hard not to become overwhelmed by the big picture sometimes. I will always use my journey up that mountain to remind me.3 -
Congrats to you - what an achievement! And a shout out to Otis Foundation for the opportunity that they offer to us all
No doubt when you're having a downer your thoughts will go to that mountain and a smile will come across your face!
What a fab thing to do!
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ah Tilly what an achievement... and what a memory also for you and your family....
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Thank you so much for your lovely comments, I am so humbled by this whole experience. It blows me away when I hear from you beautiful people.2
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Ooohhh, I so wanted to stay at that property but it wasn't available when I could get away. So envious, and what a champion effort for you to get up that 'hill'. You must be so proud of yourself and it is really important to share that, it inspires others.
Otis is fantastic, I went over to Kiola instead of Thredbo and body surfed instead. Get onto their website ladies and gents. Mxx
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I'm waiting on availability for one of their Victorian properties.1
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@Tilly45 - amazing!!!! Go u!!! Xo0
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That's brilliant Tilly45. I can highly recommend walking poles. I love bush walking and won't let my pain get in the way. I don't care what I look like; I even use them for my street dog walks on bad days. You sound like an inspiration.
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That’s so bloody marvellous. Well done Wonder Woman!!! Margie x1
Mxx 
